zwei posierende Figuren (Two Posing Figures) [p. 5]
1876 to 1900
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View on museum website →Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
page size: 20.8 x 16.5 cm (8 3/16 x 6 1/2 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Max Beckmann
Accession Number
1984.64.57.3
Art Historical Context
**Two Posing Figures** by Max Beckmann invites visitors into the early creative world of one of the 20th century's most influential German Expressionist artists. Created between 1876 and 1900—likely during Beckmann's formative years as a young artist—this graphite drawing on paper (20.8 x 16.5 cm) captures figures in poised stances on page 5 of what appears to be a personal sketchbook. Acquired as a gift from Mrs. Max Beckmann, it now graces the National Gallery of Art collection in the CG-W Department, classified simply yet evocatively as a drawing. Graphite on paper was a favored medium for...
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...