Self-Portrait in Words

Self-Portrait in Words

Author: Max Beckmann

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 1997-03-15

Total Pages: 478

ISBN-13: 9780226041353

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One of the most important German artists of the twentieth century, Max Beckmann was labeled a "degenerate artist" by the Nazis and chose exile. His artistic production encompassed the realism and figural themes of his early works to the provocatively blunt portraiture, critical urban views, and richly layered symbolic works for which he is now universally recognized. Although he was a prolific writer, his written work has never before been collected and translated into English. Beckmann is known for the depth, pungency, and tremendous sensuous force of his works; only in the last twenty years have we come to learn more about his personal life. Self-Portrait in Words maps out Beckmann's life and draws attention to the occasions on or for which he produced his writings, to the importance writing had for him as a form of expression, and to both the contemporary and personal references of his ideas and images.


Max Beckmann and the Self

Max Beckmann and the Self

Author: Wendy Beckett

Publisher: Prestel Publishing

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9783791328775

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This beautifully produced volume uses Beckmann's own words as an introduction to the artist's creative expression and his unwavering search for the self.


Max Beckmann in New York

Max Beckmann in New York

Author: Sabine Rewald

Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art

Published: 2016-10-19

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 1588396002

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In December 1950, the German Expressionist Max Beckmann set out from his Manhattan apartment to see his Self-Portrait in Blue Jacket, on view at The Met, when he suffered a fatal heart attack. Inspired by the poignant circumstances of the artist’s death, Max Beckmann in New York focuses on 40 beautifully illustrated works that Beckmann painted in the city during the last 16 months of his life, as well as earlier works in New York collections. An informative and accessible essay by art historian Sabine Rewald, as well as detailed catalogue entries for each work and generous excerpts from the artist’s letters, diaries, and ephemera, illuminate Beckmann’s difficult and tumultuous life and make this an essential volume for anyone interested in the artist.


Max Beckmann

Max Beckmann

Author: Peter Selz

Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13:

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Max Beckmann and the Self

Max Beckmann and the Self

Author: Wendy Beckett

Publisher: Te Neues Publishing Company

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13:

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Sister Wendy Beckett is the author of numerous articles and books on the history of art and has hosted three television series for the BBC and PBS. Here she lends her insights into the work and psyche of Max Beckmann, one of the major Expressionist painters and graphic artists of the 20th century. Like others in this publisher's series, the volume is abundantly and beautifully illustrated. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


Max Beckmann and Paris

Max Beckmann and Paris

Author: Tobia Bezzola

Publisher: Taschen America Llc

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 9783822872031

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Published on the occasion of the exhibition held in Zurich and St Louis 25 September 1998- May 9, 1999.


The Self-Portrait, from Schiele to Beckmann

The Self-Portrait, from Schiele to Beckmann

Author: Tobias G. Natter

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2019-03-07

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 3791358596

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This visually stunning volume offers perceptive examinations of several renowned German and Austrian Expressionist artists who redefined modern self-portraiture. The self-portrait has been a vital aspect of artistic expression throughout history. Neo-Classical painters such as El Greco and Rembrandt formalized the practice, and the first half of the 20th century saw a dramatic transformation in the self-portrait's style and context, especially in the hands of the German and Austrian Expressionists. Vibrant reproductions of works by Egon Schiele, Max Beckmann, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Oskar Kokoschka, and others are accompanied by essays that explore how these artists--many of whom were classified as "degenerate" by the Nazi party--imbued their images with eloquent expressions of resistance, isolation, entrapment, and provocation. From Schiele's erotically charged and overtly physical paintings to Beckmann's emotionally fraught depictions of psychic trauma, this important examination of a powerful aspect of modern European painting brilliantly illustrates how the Expressionist self-portrait became a powerful weapon against artistic oppression.


Artists & Prints

Artists & Prints

Author: Deborah Wye

Publisher: The Museum of Modern Art

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 9780870701252

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Volume covers the Collection of Prints and Illustrated Books, not the collection of artists' books.