Frau mit Kopftuch in Türöffnung (Woman with Headscarf in a Door) [p. 21]
1876 to 1900
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View on museum website →Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
page size: 19.5 x 12 cm (7 11/16 x 4 3/4 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Max Beckmann
Accession Number
1984.64.39.11
Art Historical Context
**Frau mit Kopftuch in Türöffnung (Woman with Headscarf in a Door)** Behold this intimate graphite drawing by Max Beckmann, a master of early 20th-century German Expressionism. Created between 1876 and 1900—likely during his formative years as a young artist—the work captures a woman framed in a doorway, her headscarf adding a touch of everyday dignity and mystery. At just 19.5 x 12 cm, it fits neatly on a sketchbook page (p. 21), inviting viewers into Beckmann's private world of observation. Beckmann's precise graphite lines reveal his emerging talent for conveying form and mood with minim...
About the Artist
Max Beckmann
Max Carl Friedrich Beckmann (1884-1950) stands as one of the most significant German painters of the twentieth century, a complex artist who bridged Expressionism and the New Objectivity while forging a deeply personal visual language. Born in Leipzig into a middle-class family, Beckmann's artistic journey spanned from academic classicism through the traumatic crucible of World War I to a mature s...