Max Beckmann
17 Sep 2011 - 22 Jan 2012
MAX BECKMANN
Face To Face
17 September, 2011 - 22 January, 2012
Max Beckmann (Leipzig 1884 – New York 1950) is regarded as one of the great mavericks of modern art. His life’s work includes a large number of different portrait types: individual and double portraits, family and group depictions and also “hidden” portrayals in the allegorical works. In his portrait painting, Beckmann reflects a very personal fabric of relationships – with his family, his wives and to a wide circle of friends and acquaintances.
Max Beckmann. “Face to Face” presents on the one hand a classic portrait gallery, a “Who’s Who” of Beckmann’s life; on the other hand, it shows all the pictures in which the artist integrated portraits, whereby he cast his family and friends in roles within his allegorical world theatre.
With the exhibitions in the Museum of Fine Arts, Leipzig, in the Art Museum Basel and in the Städel Museum in Frankfurt/Main, the Autumn Art Season 2011 offers the unique opportunity to concentrate intensely on Max Beckamnn’s oeuvre.
Face To Face
17 September, 2011 - 22 January, 2012
Max Beckmann (Leipzig 1884 – New York 1950) is regarded as one of the great mavericks of modern art. His life’s work includes a large number of different portrait types: individual and double portraits, family and group depictions and also “hidden” portrayals in the allegorical works. In his portrait painting, Beckmann reflects a very personal fabric of relationships – with his family, his wives and to a wide circle of friends and acquaintances.
Max Beckmann. “Face to Face” presents on the one hand a classic portrait gallery, a “Who’s Who” of Beckmann’s life; on the other hand, it shows all the pictures in which the artist integrated portraits, whereby he cast his family and friends in roles within his allegorical world theatre.
With the exhibitions in the Museum of Fine Arts, Leipzig, in the Art Museum Basel and in the Städel Museum in Frankfurt/Main, the Autumn Art Season 2011 offers the unique opportunity to concentrate intensely on Max Beckamnn’s oeuvre.