Max Beckmann
3 albums/34 artworks – Max Carl Friedrich Beckmann (1884 – 1950) was a German painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor, and writer. Although he is classified as an Expressionist artist, he rejected both the term and the movement.In the 1920s, he was associated with the New Objectivity (Neue Sachlichkeit). This was an outgrowth of Expressionism. It opposed the introverted emotionalism of Expressionism. Beckmann often infused his works with an undercurrent of moodiness or unease. This occurred even when he dealt with light subject matter like circus performers. By the 1930s, his work became more explicit in its horrifying imagery and distorted forms. He combined brutal realism with social criticism. This coincided with the rise of nazism in Germany. From his youth he…
