Horses in a Landscape
1924
Medium
brush and black ink with gray wash on brown paper
Dimensions
overall: 44.7 x 55 cm (17 5/8 x 21 5/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mr. Parker Lesley
Accession Number
1982.28.3
Art Historical Context
Max Pechstein's *Horses in a Landscape* (1924) captures the raw energy of nature through a dynamic drawing in brush and black ink with gray wash on brown paper Measuring 44.7 x 55 cm, this work from the National Gallery of's collection—generously gifted by Mr. Parker Lesleyshowcases the German artist's mastery of monochrome techniques. The warm brown paper serves as a natural mid-tone ground, allowing the fluid ink strokes and subtle gray washes to evoke depth, movement, and atmospheric light in the pastoral scene. As a key figure in the Expressionist movement and co-founder of the revolution...
About the Artist
Max Pechstein
Hermann Max Pechstein (1881–1955) was born in Zwickau, Germany, the son of a craftsman in the textile industry. He trained as a decorative painter in his home city before enrolling at the School of Applied Arts in Dresden and then transferring to the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, where he studied under the painter Otto Gussmann. His early exposure to the work of Vincent van Gogh proved decisive in d...