Temptation
Max Beckmann
1919
Medium
bluish-black ink over graphite on laid paper
Dimensions
sheet: 37.15 × 26.99 cm (14 5/8 × 10 5/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Harry Grubert
Accession Number
2018.118.4
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...