Der Ausrufer (Selbstbildnis)
1921
Max Beckmann casts himself as a circus barker in this intense 1921 self-portrait, with a sign reading 'CIRCUS BECKM' looming behind his head like a billboard for his own life. With a cigarette dangling from his lips and wide, searching eyes, he embodies the raw, angular energy of German Expressionism. Beckmann frequently used the circus as a metaphor for the chaos of the modern world, and here he positions himself as the ringmaster inviting us into his psychological spectacle.
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