The Beckmann History
• Max Beckmann - born on February 12, 1884 in Leipzig
• His father Carl Heinrich Christian Beckmann -a flour merchant
• His mother -Antoinette Henriette Bertha -came from money
• The youngest of three with a brother, Richard, and a sister, Margarethe
Childhood life
• Between the ages of eight and ten, Beckmann lived with his sister -fifteen years older than he -to attend school at Falkenburg in Pomerania.
• Beckmann loses his father in 1894 and moves with his mother and brother to Brunswick to reside with relatives.
• Max and Richard attend school in Brunswick, Königslutter and boarding school in Gandershein until 1899
• Beckmann begins drawing
• At the initial outbreak of the war Beckmann is vacationing with his family
• In 1915 Beckmann volunteers for service
• Service is for the medical corps -he heads first for East Prussia
Artistic Impact
• Shift of works Shift of works from from impressionismimpressionism to to expressionismexpressionism
• April 1926 one man exhibition of Beckmann’s work in New York
• Same year Max loses his brother Richard
• During this time period Beckmann travels about Europe but finds a certain fancy for France
• He teaches art until 1935
• Max and Quappi burn their diaries in 1940
• 1942 Beckmann’s are living in Paris and he receives a letter requesting his service in the German army –he could not go because of a heart condition
• The Beckmann’s move to New York City in 1947
• On October 5, 1948 Max and his wife apply for U.S. citizenship
• In 1949 he gets a six year contract to teach at the Brooklyn Museum Art School
Works Cited
• Selz, Peter Howard.Max Beckmann.The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY.
• Sister Wendy Beckett.Max Beckmann and the Self.1997.Prestek-Verlag-Munich, NY.
• Max Beckmann: Self Portrait in words.Edited by Buenger.1997.University of Chicago.
• http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/holocaust/arts/artdegen/htm• http://em.wikipedia.org/eiki/Max_Beckmann• http://www.european-history.com/beckmann.html