Abend (Selbstbildnis mit den Battenbergs)
1916
Max Beckmann’s scratchy, intense print from 1916 feels like a snapshot of a chaotic gathering that’s gone a bit too late. You see three faces crowded into the frame—Beckmann himself is likely the brooding figure on the left—along with a woman clutching a small black cat like a talisman. This is pure Expressionism, created shortly after the artist suffered a nervous breakdown while serving as a medic in World War I, so the distorted, jagged faces reflect a truly shattered world.
- Technique
- Drypoint
- Material
- Paper
Views: 2