Kompositionsskizze mit Bezeichnung (Sketch with Inscription) [p. 23]
1876 to 1900
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View on museum website →Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
page size: 21 x 16.9 cm (8 1/4 x 6 5/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Max Beckmann
Accession Number
1984.64.55.12
Art Historical Context
**Kompositionsskizze Bezeichnung (Sketch with Inscription) [p. 23]** Visitors to the National Gallery of Art will in this intimate graphite drawing on paper by Max Beckmann, a of early 20th-century German Expressionism. Created between 1876 and 1900—likely during Beckmann's formative years modest sketch (21 x 16.9 cm) captures the artist's exploratory process. Titled *Kompositionsskizze Bezeichnung*, or "Compositional Sketch with Inscription," it hints at page 23 from a personal sketchbook, where quick lines and notations reveal the groundwork for larger compositions. Beckmann, known for his...
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...