Zwei Skizzen und Notizen (Two Sketches with Notations) [p. 3]
1876 to 1900
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graphite on paper
Dimensions
page size: 21 x 16.2 cm (8 1/4 x 6 3/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Max Beckmann
Accession Number
1984.64.56.3
Art Historical Context
**Zwei Skizzen und Notizen (Two Skizzen Notations) [p. 3]** *Max Beckmann, ca. 1876–1900* Graphite on paper, 21 × 16.2 cm (8 1/4 × 6 3/8 in.) National Gallery of Art, of Mrs. Max Beck Step into the intimate world of Max Beckmann's early with *Zwei Skizzen und Notizen (Two Sk with Notations) [. 3]*, a modest yet revealing graphite drawing on paper. Likely from a personal sketchbook—hinted by the page notation—this work captures the young artist's exploratory marks from the late 19th century, predating his rise as a towering figure in German Expressionism and New Objectivity. Beckmann, ...
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...