Beckmann Sketchbook 13
Max Beckmann
1915-1917
Medium
sketchbook with 30 sketches in graphite and 3 pages of artist notes on laid paper
Dimensions
page size: 16.7 x 10.3 cm (6 9/16 x 4 1/16 in.)
Classification
Volume
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Max Beckmann
Accession Number
1984.64.51.1-30
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...