plaat 5; Honger
1919
Max Beckmann captures the raw agony of post-WWI Germany in this haunting lithograph from his 'Hell' portfolio. Skeletal figures huddle around a table with empty bowls, their bodies twisted into angular shapes that scream of starvation and despair. The central figure looms over the table like a ghost, while a shadowy figure in the background stares out a window, perhaps waiting for food that will never arrive. Created just after the artist suffered a nervous breakdown from serving as a medic in the war, this piece reflects the literal and metaphorical hunger of a broken society.
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