Volti Pl.06
1914-1918
Max Beckmann created this chaotic scene while serving as a medical orderly during World War I, an experience that triggered a nervous breakdown and completely transformed his art. The image is a claustrophobic nightmare of tangled limbs and looming, grotesque faces—including a bizarre, wide-eyed face on a large jar—hovering over a prone, suffering figure. Part of his 'Faces' (Gesichter) portfolio, these jagged, aggressive lines capture the psychological trauma of the war years, turning a crowded room into a visual scream.
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