Woman with Candle (Frau mit Kerze)
Max Beckmann
1920
Medium
woodcut in black
Dimensions
image: 30 x 15.5 cm (11 13/16 x 6 1/8 in.) sheet: 53 x 41.5 cm (20 7/8 x 16 5/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Max Beckmann
Accession Number
1984.64.8
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...