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.

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: On My Painting
Max Beckmann: On My Painting

Author: Max Beckmann

Publisher: Tate Enterprises Ltd

Published: 2013-09-05

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 1849762406

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Max Beckmann is widely acknowledged as one of Germany's leading twentieth-century artists. A figurative painter throughout his career, Beckmann depicted the world around him with an unparalleled intensity. His art emerges directly from his experiences of the First and Second World Wars, the political upheavals of the 1920s and 1930s, the rise of Nazism, exile in Amsterdam and his final emigration to the United States. By capturing the objects and events that surrounded him, Beckmann hoped to grasp the deeper mysteries underlying human existence. He perceived and painted the world as a vast stage, at once real and magical, upon which his own life and the traumas of contemporary history were closely intertwined. "On My Painting" can give a valuable insight into understanding his work. It was composed in 1938 at a crucial juncture in Beckmann's life, just a year after he was included the "Degenerate Art" exhibition in Nazi Germany. It was read by him at the opening of the "Twentieth Century German Art" exhibition. With an introduction by Mayen Beckmann, the artist's granddaughter, and an afterword by Sean Rainbird.

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.

Watchmen: The Deluxe Edition
Watchmen: The Deluxe Edition

Author: Alan Moore

Publisher: DC Comics

Published: 2013-06-04

Total Pages: 452

ISBN-13: 140124551X

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In an alternate world where the mere presence of American superheroes changed history, the US won the Vietnam War, Nixon is still president, and the cold war is in full effect. WATCHMEN begins as a murder-mystery, but soon unfolds into a planet-altering conspiracy. As the resolution comes to a head, the unlikely group of reunited heroes-Rorschach, Nite Owl, Silk Spectre, Dr. Manhattan and Ozymandias-have to test the limits of their convictions and ask themselves where the true lineis between good and evil. In the mid-eighties, Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons created WATCHMEN, changing the course of comics' history and essentially remaking how popular culture perceived the genre. Popularly cited as the point where comics came ofage, WATCHMEN's sophisticated take on superheroes has been universally acclaimed for its psychological depth and realism. WATCHMEN is collected here in deluxe hardcover, with sketches, extra bonus material and a new introduction by series artist Dave Gibbons.

Max Beckmann
Max Beckmann

Author: Karin Schick

Publisher: Prestel Publishing

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9783791354088

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"The Still Lifes is accompanied by a richly illustrated catalogue that also features insightful scholarly essays on the topic."-- Provided by Hamburger Kunsthalle.

Max Beckmann
Max Beckmann

Author: Carla Schultz-Hoffmann

Publisher: W W Norton & Company Incorporated

Published: 1990-08-07

Total Pages: 484

ISBN-13: 9780393306842

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This illustrated volume presents an overview of Beckmann's work, from his early years in Germany, to his decade in exile in Amsterdam, to his final year in the USA. A critical analysis attempts to decipher Beckmann's expressionist language and to outline the themes that run through his work.