Max Beckmann emerged before World War I with an ambitious figurative style that became harsher after his wartime medical service. Thick black contour, compressed interiors and allegorical figures define a mature practice culminating in large triptychs. He left Nazi Germany in 1937 and later settled in the United States.
Painting; printmaking; drawing
Major Works
- 1918–19The Night
- 1927Self-Portrait in Tuxedo
- 1932–35Departure
- 1925–31Paris Society
- 1938Self-Portrait with Horn
- 1937–38Birds’ Hell
- 1939Acrobats
- 1941–42The Actors
- 1949–50Argonauts
- 1923Double Portrait
Interviews & Writing
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