Max Beckmann

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human modern artist painter printmaker professor

Max Beckmann was a German painter and printmaker known for his powerful, often dark figurative works that bridged Expressionism and New Objectivity in early 20th-century art.

Aliases (1)

Max Carl Friedrich Beckmann ×1

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human → modern artist → painter → printmaker → professor →
causeOfDeath	heart attack →
citizenship	Germany →
countryOfBirth	German Empire →
countryOfDeath	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1884-02-12 →
dateOfDeath	1950-12-27 →
educatedAt	Großherzoglich-Sächsische Kunstschule Weimar →
employedBy	Städelschule →
employerRole	professor of painting →
familyName	Beckmann →
fieldOfWork	drawing → painting → printmaking → teaching →
fullName	Max Carl Friedrich Beckmann →
genre	allegorical painting → figurative art → portrait → self-portrait → triptych →
givenName	Max →
influenced	post-war German painters →
influencedBy	Edvard Munch → Paul Cézanne → Vincent van Gogh →
languageOfWorkOrName	German →
movement	Expressionism → Modern art → New Objectivity →
notableCharacteristic	dark, powerful figurative style → frequent use of triptych format → use of complex allegorical symbolism →
notableEvent	dismissed from teaching post by Nazi regime in 1933 → emigrated to the Netherlands in 1937 → emigrated to the United States in 1947 → labeled a "degenerate" artist by the Nazis →
notableWork	Departure → Self-Portrait in Tuxedo → The Actors → The Descent from the Cross → The Night → The Synagogue → The Triptych of Departure →
placeOfBirth	Leipzig NERFINISHED →
placeOfDeath	New York City →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Mathilde "Quappi" von Kaulbach → Minna Beckmann-Tube →
taughtAt	Brooklyn Museum Art School → Washington University in St. Louis →
workLocation	Amsterdam → Berlin → Frankfurt am Main → New York City → Paris →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
The Night →	artist
The Night →	creator
Neue Galerie New York →	exhibitsWorkBy
Max Beckmann ("Max Carl Friedrich Beckmann") →	fullName
Expressionism →	notableProponent