Judith and Holofernes
Max Beckmann
1909
Medium
brush and brown ink
Dimensions
Overall (approximate): 21.4 x 20.5 cm (8 7/16 x 8 1/16 in.) support: 27.2 x 26.6 cm (10 11/16 x 10 1/2 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Max Beckmann
Accession Number
1984.64.5
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...