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Birth
1884 (Leipzig, Germany)
Death
1950 (New York City)
Lived/Active
Missouri / Germany
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Often Known For
expressionist painting, printmaking
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BECKMANN, MAX
Max Beckmann was a German Expressionist painter worthy of inclusion in a great tradition - the tradition of anguished German mysticism, which first flowered in the Middle Ages. His highly personal style reflected the misery of contemporary events in Germany.
Beckmann was born in Leipzig in 1884, the youngest of three children. His father, a grain merchant, died when Beckmann was only ten years old. By the age of fifteen, after several (showing 500 of 8997 characters). |
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