Profil eines Mannes mit Spitzbart (Portrait of a Man with a Pointed Beard) [p. 64]
1926 to 1950
![Profil eines Mannes mit Spitzbart (Portrait of a Man with a Pointed Beard) [p. 64] by Max Beckmann](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/nga/thumb/profil-eines-mannes-mit-spitzbart-portrait-of-a-nga-64965.webp)
Medium
graphite on perforated, cream paper
Dimensions
sheet: 14 x 20 cm (5 1/2 x 7 7/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Max Beckmann
Accession Number
1984.64.42.10
Art Historical Context
Max Beckmann's *Profil eines Mannes mit Spitzbart (Portrait a Man with a Point Beard)* is a striking graphite drawing on perforated cream paper, created sometime between 1926 and1950. Measuring just 14 x 20 cm, this intimate profile captures a man with a distinctive pointed beard, rendered with Beckmann's characteristic economy of line and psychological intensity. Housed in the National Gallery of Art's Department of Modern Drawings (CG-W), it was generously gifted by Mrs. Maxmann, the artist's widow, preserving a personal glimpse into his prolific sketchbook practice. As a leading figure in ...
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...