'De laatsten'
1919
Max Beckmann captures the sheer chaos of post-WWI Germany in this frantic 1919 scene. It looks like a violent police raid where everyone is panicking—men with rifles and batons are cornering terrified figures, and one poor soul is even getting bashed while clutching a large camera. This is classic Expressionism: jagged lines and distorted faces that scream anxiety rather than showing a realistic scene. Beckmann, having served as a medic in the war, was traumatized by violence, and this piece is a raw, unfiltered look at the brutality of the street fights that plagued Berlin during the revolution.
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