Sketch for "Carnival"
1920
Medium
pen and black ink over black crayon on wove paper
Dimensions
overall: 25.9 x 16.9 cm (10 3/16 x 6 5/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Given in memory of Frederick Zimmermann by his wife, Dorothy Zimmermann
Accession Number
1985.18.50
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Max Beckmann · 1884–1950
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...