Boats on Lake Tegel
1911
Max Beckmann captures a lazy afternoon on the water in this 1911 scene, likely a lithograph or charcoal sketch. Two figures drift in a rowboat on Lake Tegel near Berlin, their forms rendered in loose, energetic strokes that hint at the Expressionist style he would soon champion. While Beckmann is often known for intense, chaotic scenes, this work offers a rare, serene glimpse of leisure before the turmoil of World War I. You can even see the German title 'Boote auf dem Tegeler See' scribbled at the bottom, grounding this fleeting moment in a specific place and time.
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