Max Beckmann in New York

Resource Information

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Label

Max Beckmann in New York

Statement of responsibility

Sabine Rewald ; edited by Emily Radin Walter

Contributor

• Walter, Emily
• Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
• Beckmann, Max, 1884-1950
• Boehm, Gero von, 1954-
• Rewald, Sabine

Editor

• Walter, Emily

Host institution

• Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

Issuing body

• Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

Subject

• 1900-1999
• Art -- Collectionneurs et collections -- New York (État) | New York -- Expositions
• Art -- Collectors and collecting
• Art -- Collectors and collecting -- New York (State) -- Exhibitions
• Art -- Collectors and collecting -- New York (State) | New York -- Exhibitions
• Ausstellungskatalog -- Metropolitan Museum of Art -- 19.10.2016-20.02.2017 -- New York, NY
• Beckmann, Max
• Beckmann, Max, 1884-1950
• Beckmann, Max, 1884-1950
• Beckmann, Max, 1884-1950 -- Exhibitions
• Beckmann, Max, 1884-1950 -- Expositions
• Catalogues d'exposition
• Exhibition catalogs
• Exhibition catalogs
• New York (State) -- New York
• Painting, German
• Painting, German -- Exhibitions. -- 20th century
• Painting, German -- New York (State) | New York -- 20th century -- Exhibitions
• Peinture allemande -- New York (État) | New York -- 20e siècle -- Expositions
• exhibition catalogs

Genre

• Catalogues d'exposition
• Exhibition catalogs
• Exhibitions
• Exhibitions.
• Expositions
• exhibition catalogs
• Ausstellungskatalog

Language

eng

Summary

"The prominent German Expressionist painter Max Beckmann (1884-1950) is known for allegorical, autobiographical works that capture the doom and grotesquerie of World War I and the subsequent rise of Nazism. In 1937, under threat by the Nazi regime (which featured Beckmann's work prominently in the notorious "Degenerate Art" exhibition that year), he and his wife relocated, first to Amsterdam, then to St. Louis, and eventually to New York City, where Beckmann died less than one year later. This revealing book focuses on the works produced during Beckmann's final years and other pieces by the artist now found in New York collections. Throughout his prolific career, Beckmann maintained a firm loyalty to representational painting, asserting his purpose to "get hold of the magic of reality and to transfer this reality into painting." The deft and subtle layers of color and shadow, figures and allusions in his work resulted in captivating narrative images. Presenting a mesmerizing portrait of one of the 20th century's most enigmatic and challenging artists, Max Beckmann in New York features beautiful reproductions of Beckmann's remarkable artworks, accompanied by an engaging essay by acclaimed art historian Sabine Rewald that contextualizes his paintings and provides insight into his tumultuous life."--Publisher's description

Cataloging source

FXM/DLC

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• bibliography
• catalogs