Skizze (Sketch) [p. 132]
Max Beckmann
1914/1915
![Skizze (Sketch) [p. 132] by Max Beckmann](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/nga/thumb/skizze-sketch-p-132-nga-65112.webp)
Medium
graphite on lined paper
Dimensions
page size: 15.2 x 9.5 cm (6 x 3 3/4 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Max Beckmann
Accession Number
1984.64.50.23
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...