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Max Beckmann
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Fan account of Max Beckmann, a German painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor, and writer.
1884-1950
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Great Scene of Agony https://www.wikiart.org/en/max-beckmann/great-scene-of-agony-1906
Great Scene of Agony
December 26, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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Schiessbude, from "Jahrmarkt" https://collections.artsmia.org/art/106304/
woman in dress holding gun in shooting booth; target over her PR shoulder with a dog-like animal below; ; number four embossed into lower center of window mat In "Jahrmarkt" ("Annual Fair"), Max Beckmann imagines the world as a traveling carnival teeming with an eclectic cast of actors, dancers, and circus entertainers who perform in the theater of life. Beckmann casts himself as a carnival barker in the series’ opening plate, ringing a small bell to announce the show, and cajoling viewers to enter the Circus Beckmann, a curious realm of outsiders and misfits. Many of the protagonists are friends and acquaintances of the artist; he even includes his wife Minna in the series, who famously appears along with Beckmann balancing on a tightrope. As the scenes of the portfolio unfold, a pageant of players takes the stage: a tall man, a sharpshooter, a snake charmer, exotic dancers, musicians, and other circus entertainers perform in succession. In one plate from the series, Beckmann presents a carousal crowded with a diverse lot of humanity, an apt metaphor for the apparent aimlessness of life. The series was inspired in part by Beckmann’s visits to the Prater, a Viennese amusement park, where he observed the performers and visitors and sketched them from life. Justly celebrated for its incisive observations on the human condition, "Jahrmarkt" is a brilliant example of Beckmann’s mature graphic style and seminal publication of German Expressionism.
December 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Plate (facing page 8) from Ebbi http://www.moma.org/collection/works/13810
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
December 26, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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The acrobats https://www.wikiart.org/en/max-beckmann/the-acrobats-1939
The acrobats
December 26, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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Stadtnacht (City Night) http://www.moma.org/collection/works/20286
The Louis E. Stern Collection
December 26, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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Der Neger, from "Jahrmarkt" https://collections.artsmia.org/art/106306/
upper body of man in hat and costume facing African man with arms crossed in front of chest facing viewer; woman with head covering is seen from behind; number six embossed into lower center of window mat In "Jahrmarkt" ("Annual Fair"), Max Beckmann imagines the world as a traveling carnival teeming with an eclectic cast of actors, dancers, and circus entertainers who perform in the theater of life. Beckmann casts himself as a carnival barker in the series’ opening plate, ringing a small bell to announce the show, and cajoling viewers to enter the Circus Beckmann, a curious realm of outsiders and misfits. Many of the protagonists are friends and acquaintances of the artist; he even includes his wife Minna in the series, who famously appears along with Beckmann balancing on a tightrope. As the scenes of the portfolio unfold, a pageant of players takes the stage: a tall man, a sharpshooter, a snake charmer, exotic dancers, musicians, and other circus entertainers perform in succession. In one plate from the series, Beckmann presents a carousal crowded with a diverse lot of humanity, an apt metaphor for the apparent aimlessness of life. The series was inspired in part by Beckmann’s visits to the Prater, a Viennese amusement park, where he observed the performers and visitors and sketched them from life. Justly celebrated for its incisive observations on the human condition, "Jahrmarkt" is a brilliant example of Beckmann’s mature graphic style and seminal publication of German Expressionism.
December 25, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Railway Bridge and Rainbow https://www.wikiart.org/en/max-beckmann/railway-bridge-and-rainbow-1942
Railway Bridge and Rainbow
December 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Weeping Woman (Weinende Frau) http://www.moma.org/collection/works/65492
Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
December 25, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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City View with "Eiserner Steg" (Stadtansicht mit Eisernem Steg) http://www.moma.org/collection/works/60964
A. Conger Goodyear Fund (by exchange)
December 25, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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Schöne Aussicht (Winter Landscape) https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/11552/
Schöne Aussicht (Winter Landscape)
December 25, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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Die Fürstin (The Duchess) http://www.moma.org/collection/works/20277
The Louis E. Stern Collection
December 24, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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The Buck (Der Bock) https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/62939
The Buck (Der Bock)
December 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Night (Die Nacht) http://www.moma.org/collection/works/66493
Purchase
December 24, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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Portrait of Dr. Weidner (Bildnis Dr. Weidner) https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/103830
Portrait of Dr. Weidner (Bildnis Dr. Weidner)
December 24, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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Christ and Pilate (Christus und Pilatus) https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/62945
Christ and Pilate (Christus und Pilatus)
December 24, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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The Beggars (Die Bettler) from Trip to Berlin 1922 (Berliner Reise 1922) http://www.moma.org/collection/works/66648
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
December 23, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Dream II (Der Traum II) http://www.moma.org/collection/works/66708
Gift of Victor S. Riesenfeld
December 23, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Sculptor’s Studio https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/13444/
Sculptor’s Studio
December 23, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Night https://www.wikiart.org/en/max-beckmann/night-1918
Night
December 23, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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Self-Portrait with Stylus (Selbstbildnis mit Griffel) from Faces (Gesichter) http://www.moma.org/collection/works/63518
Gift of Edgar J. Kaufmann, Jr.
December 23, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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The Tight Rope Walkers, plate 8 from the... https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/40635/
The Tight Rope Walkers, plate 8 from the...
December 22, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Portrait of Edie Rickey https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/28879/
Portrait of Edie Rickey
December 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Theater for the portfolio Faces (Gesichter) http://www.moma.org/collection/works/71014
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December 22, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Woman with Fish (Frau mit Fisch) from the illustrated book Max Beckmann http://www.moma.org/collection/works/111199
Curt Valentin Bequest
December 22, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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Self-Portrait https://collections.artsmia.org/art/13188/
Self-Portrait
December 22, 2025 at 8:43 AM