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Max Beckmann

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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

Etching by Max Beckmann showing crowded, angular faces with open mouths and heavy cross-hatched shading.

Drie gezichten in schaduw

1916

Etching of a river with rowing boats, an arched bridge, trees along the far bank, and swirling clouds above a crescent moon.

Riviergezicht met roeiboten en brug

1918

Etching of a crowded group of people yawning with mouths open and hands raised, set in a cluttered interior.

Groep geeuwende mensen

1918

Etching of a dense crowd of men in hats, with string musicians behind them and a large cello scroll at the top.

Groep met daarachter drie muzikanten met strijkinstrumenten

1918

Etching of a gaunt nude body being lowered from a cross by figures on a ladder, with mourners gathered around.

Kruisafname

1918

Etching of a man in a wide-brimmed hat with a hand raised to his face, and a second face partly visible at right.

Weinende Frau (Weeping Woman)

1914

Etching of a tree-lined street with a hot air balloon floating in the sky above a tall cypress and houses.

Landschap met luchtballon

1918

Etching of three figures in a crowded interior, a woman with bobbed hair holding a cat, beside a man and a partial face.

Avond (zelfportret met de Battenbergs)

1916

Etching of a man and woman leaning from a window above a city street, with angular buildings and swirling smoke in the sky.

Man en vrouw leunen uit het raam en kijken uit over straat

1918

Blank cream paper sheet with deckled edges on a brown card mount, with a colour scale bar along the bottom.

Wederopstanding van Christus

1918

Black and white etching of a wooden bridge and city street with pedestrians, a lamppost, shop signs and tall buildings behind

Holzbrücke (Vorstadtstraße)

1922

Black and white print of a horse-drawn cart with figures on a road, a rising sun behind an arched bridge and houses.

Der Morgen

1923

Etched portrait of a bearded man in three-quarter view, gazing sideways, with loose hatched shading on a pale sheet.

Bildnis Dostojewskis

1921

Charcoal drawing of a chaotic street scene with men swinging clubs and sticks among angular architecture.

Das Martyrium

1919

Lithograph of a sleeping man holding an infant, a seated man beside a lamp, and a crouched woman under a window with wooden b

Die Nacht

1922

Black and white lithograph of a crowded tavern with angular figures, a man in a cap, a woman in a headscarf, and glasses on a

Kaschemme

1922

Etching of a man with cropped hair, cigarette in mouth, hand at ear, in front of a circus sign.

Der Ausrufer (Selbstbildnis)

1921

Etching of a standing man beside a seated woman seen from behind in a patterned garment, in a cluttered interior with a mirro

Garderobe

1921

Etching of a crowded cabaret-like interior with figures around a candlelit table, a curtain at left and a standing woman at r

Hinter den Kulissen

1921

Etching of a woman holding a rifle beside a shooting gallery target, a carved bird figure and round objects.

Schießbude

1921

Etching of a tall woman standing among a crowd of distorted faces, a tuba player and street signs in a dense city scene.

Der große Mann

1921

Etching of a man with braided hair beside a woman in a striped hat, with a crescent moon and city railings behind them.

"Der Neger"

1921

Etching of a crowded fairground carousel with riders on horses, spectators and children in the foreground.

Das Karussell

1921

Etching of two tightrope walkers with a balancing pole above a crosshatched lattice, with a Ferris wheel and wagons behind.

Die Seiltänzer

1921

Black-and-white print of stylized figures in a crowded dance scene, including a man with a spear and a woman in a spotted dre

"Niggertanz"

1921

Etching of a woman with a star headband and a snake around her neck, with a striped figure standing behind her at right.

Schlangendame

1921

Etching of a dense crowd of expressive faces packed together, with a central figure gazing forward intently.

Die Kriegserklärung

1914

Etching of a figure in a wide-brimmed hat with a hand to the face, with a second face emerging at the right edge.

Weinende Frau

1914