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Max Beckmann

60 works

Max Beckmann (1884-1950) was a painter, printmaker and illustrator. Read more

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Painting of stylized bathers on a green surf-washed beach, with a woman in a white cape at center and a striped-towel figure

Lido

1924

Painting of nude and clothed figures amid ruined buildings and rubble under a dark, smoky sky.

Scene from the Destruction of Messina

1909

Oil portrait of a seated woman in a black dress and violet shawl, hands clasped, against a dark blue-gray background.

Portrait of Mink with Violet Shawl

1910

Painting of a seated man, a woman in teal, and a small child holding a toy in a room with a candle.

Portrait of the Family Lütjens

1944

Painting of a fisherman holding a large blue fish, with two women, a green umbrella, a boat and the sea behind.

The Catfish

1929

Painting of a dark armed figure raising a sword above a nude kneeling woman, with onlookers in a colorful interior.

Perseus's Last Duty

1949

Painting of two lit candles, a teal vase, newspaper and striped curtain on a pink tablecloth, with a green mirror behind.

Stillleben mit gestürzter Kerze

1930

Painting of two winged nude sphinxes on a wooden cart beside a cannon, with a caged woman and blue sea behind.

Der Abtransport der Sphinxe

1945

Painting of a cramped room with angular, distorted figures, a gaunt man on a table, and a frightened woman in the foreground.

Night

1918

Painting of a dusk sea view from a terrace, with pink clouds, street lamps, rooftops and a green pillar on the right.

Abend auf der Terrasse (Evening on the Terrace)

1928

Painting of a bald man in a white shirt and red scarf beside a window with a blue curtain and potted plant.

Self-Portrait with Red Scarf

1917

Etching of a beach with striped beach tents, piers into the sea, flags, and two cloaked figures on a sandy path.

Beach

1922

Etching of a tightly packed group of men in hats, some smoking pipes and drinking, rendered in dense black crosshatching.

Happy New Year 1917

1917

Etching of two shouting faces in the foreground with a crowd of figures behind, rendered in dense cross-hatched lines.

Theater

1916

Etched self-portrait of a man with intense eyes, clasped hands and dense cross-hatched shading on cream paper.

Self-portrait

1917

Etching by Max Beckmann of a couple kissing on a bed, with crowded faces and figures looming behind them.

Kissing couple on a bed

1918

Etching of a crowded interior with grotesque, angular figures, uniformed men, a woman with long hair, and a wall clock.

Interior with group of grotesque figures

1918

Interior with three generations of a family

1918

Etching of an embracing couple on a bed in a cluttered room, with a dog on the floor and a curtained window behind.

Dalliance couple on a bed

1916

Black-and-white woodcut portrait of a man in a suit with a stern, weary expression, bold angular line work.

Selbstbildnis

1922

Etching of a crowded group of smoking men with angular faces and hats, dense crosshatched shading, by Max Beckmann, 1917.

Prosit Neujahr 1917

1917

Etched self-portrait of a man in a bowler hat with a cat peering over his shoulder, drawn in dense crosshatched lines.

Selbstbildnis mit steifem Hut

1921

Etching of a crowded operating room with nurses in caps around a nude patient on a table, by Max Beckmann, 1914.

Große Operation

1914

Etching of a crowded street with a screaming woman, a man in a bowler hat, and angular figures in dense crosshatching.

Straße II

1916

Lithograph of distorted figures crowded in a tilted interior with a candle, overturned chair and sprawled bodies.

Die Nacht

1914

Black-and-white lithograph of two stern men with raised hands, a top hat and a seated figure below, in an angular composition

Die Familie (Familie Beckmann)

1919

Pencil portrait of a man with short combed hair, moustache and suit, looking to the left, on pale paper.

Bildnis Fritz Wichert

1923

Charcoal drawing of a reclining male nude with head down, arms folded and knees raised, on pale paper.

Liegender männlicher Akt

1911

Drypoint print of soldiers in helmets charging with raised rifles, drawn in loose, nervous hatched lines on cream paper.

Sturmangriff

1916

Familienszene (Familie Beckmann)

1918

Loose black chalk portrait of a woman in a headscarf, head turned toward viewer, one shoulder bare, on cream paper.

Bildnis Minna Beckmann-Tube

1911

Etching of two wrestlers on a platform under curtains, surrounded by spectators and buildings in the background.

Die Ringer (De worstelaars)

1921

Max Beckmann (1884-1950) was a painter, printmaker and illustrator. Max Beckmann was born in Leipzig and died in New York City. The work of Max Beckmann is associated with Expressionism and New Objectivity. Browse 60 works by Max Beckmann from 9 museums, free to download in HD. Source: Wikidata