The Night

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The Night is a haunting Expressionist painting by Max Beckmann that depicts the brutal terror and psychological trauma of a violent home invasion.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Expressionist painting
painting
artHistoricalSignificance important work of German Expressionism
key work of Max Beckmann
artist Max Beckmann
artisticStyle German Expressionism
New Objectivity precursor
collection Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen
colorPalette dark tones
harsh contrasts
compositionCharacteristic compressed space
distorted perspective
countryOfOrigin Germany
creator Max Beckmann
creatorNationality German
creatorRole Max Beckmann as painter
depictionMode allegorical
symbolic
depicts brutal terror
contorted figures
domestic interior
hostage-taking
psychological trauma
sexual violence
torture
urban violence
violent home invasion
genre history painting
hasPart bound woman
hanging male figure
intruding male attackers
historicalContext aftermath of World War I
inception 1918
1919
locatedIn Düsseldorf NERFINISHED
location Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen
materialUsed oil paint
movement Expressionism
originalLanguageTitle Die Nacht
portrays breakdown of bourgeois security
moral chaos
surface canvas
theme post-war disillusionment
psychological horror
social collapse
trauma
violence

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Expressionism
Max Beckmann
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