Max Beckmann

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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.

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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 Beckmann self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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
placeOfDeath New York City
sexOrGender male
spouse Mathilde "Quappi" von Kaulbach
Minna Beckmann-Tube
taughtAt Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences
surface form: Brooklyn Museum Art School

Washington University in St. Louis
workLocation Amsterdam
Berlin
Frankfurt am Main
New York City
Paris

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Expressionism notableProponent Max Beckmann
The Night creator Max Beckmann
The Night artist Max Beckmann
Max Beckmann fullName Max Beckmann self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Max Carl Friedrich Beckmann
New Objectivity notableArtist Max Beckmann
Bernhard Heisig influencedBy Max Beckmann
Berlin Secession member Max Beckmann
Beckmann hasNotableBearer Max Beckmann
Departure creator Max Beckmann
The Triptych of Departure creator Max Beckmann
Self-Portrait in Tuxedo creator Max Beckmann
Self-Portrait in Tuxedo depicts Max Beckmann
Self-Portrait in Tuxedo partOf Max Beckmann
this entity surface form: Max Beckmann self-portrait series
The Actors creator Max Beckmann
The Actors creatorBirthName Max Beckmann
this entity surface form: Max Carl Friedrich Beckmann
The Synagogue creator Max Beckmann
The Synagogue author Max Beckmann
The Synagogue creatorBirthName Max Beckmann
this entity surface form: Max Carl Friedrich Beckmann
The Descent from the Cross creator Max Beckmann
Minna Beckmann-Tube spouse Max Beckmann