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Max Beckmann

1884 - 1950

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Max Carl Friedrich Beckmann (February 12, 1884 – December 27, 1950) was a German painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor, and writer. Although he is classified as an Expressionist artist, he rejected both the term and the movement. In the 1920s, he was associated with the New Objectivity (Neue Sachlichkeit), an outgrowth of Expressionism that opposed its introverted emotionalism. Even when dealing with light subject matter like circus performers, Beckmann often had an undercurrent of moodiness or unease in his works. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Max Beckmann is the 323rd most popular painter (down from 284th in 2019), the 860th most popular biography from Germany (down from 730th in 2019) and the 28th most popular German Painter.

Max Beckmann was a German painter, draftsman, and sculptor. He is best known for his paintings that depict the horrors of war and the social upheavals of the early 20th century.

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Among painters, Max Beckmann ranks 323 out of 2,023. Before him are Shitao, Anton Mauve, Giacomo Balla, Il Sodoma, Vasily Vereshchagin, and Federico Barocci. After him are Taddeo Gaddi, Paula Modersohn-Becker, Max Liebermann, Jules Joseph Lefebvre, Niccolò dell'Abbate, and Utagawa Kuniyoshi.

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Among people born in 1884, Max Beckmann ranks 35. Before him are Rudolf Bultmann, Gerald Gardner, Edward Sapir, Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, Rajendra Prasad, and Carl Friedrich Goerdeler. After him are Panait Istrati, Otto Rank, Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Södermanland, Étienne Gilson, Antonín Zápotocký, and Petru Groza. Among people deceased in 1950, Max Beckmann ranks 28. Before him are Emil Jannings, Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine, Karl Seitz, Roman Shukhevych, Nicolai Hartmann, and Cesare Pavese. After him are Kuniaki Koiso, Ryuzo Shimizu, Emil Abderhalden, Petre Dumitrescu, Nikolai Myaskovsky, and Dinu Lipatti.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Max Beckmann ranks 860 out of 7,253. Before him are Karl Harrer (1890), Margaret II, Countess of Hainaut (1311), Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg (1371), Maximilian, Hereditary Prince of Saxony (1759), Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1800), and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (1925). After him are Otto II, Duke of Bavaria (1206), Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1823), Jack Steinberger (1921), Johann Friedrich Gmelin (1748), Theodor Billroth (1829), and Emmy Göring (1893).

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Among PAINTERS In Germany

Among painters born in Germany, Max Beckmann ranks 28. Before him are August Macke (1887), Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805), Hans Holbein the Elder (1465), Bettina Heinen-Ayech (1937), Erwin Bowien (1899), and Carl Spitzweg (1808). After him are Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876), Max Liebermann (1847), Anna Maria van Schurman (1607), Philipp Otto Runge (1777), Joseph Karl Stieler (1781), and Johan Zoffany (1733).

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