Beckmann Sketchbook 14
Max Beckmann
1915-1916
Medium
sketchbook with 8 sketches in graphite on brown wove paper
Dimensions
book: 13.1 x 9.7 x 6 cm (5 3/16 x 3 13/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
Classification
Volume
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Max Beckmann
Accession Number
1984.64.52.1-9
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...