Universum Max Beckmann (Kunstmuseum Den Haag)
Vera de Lange, Oliver Kase, Daniel Koep, Thijs de Raedt, Karin Schick, Benno Tempel
Kunstmuseum Den Haag & Waanders, 2024
€29,95
Spatial experience was essential for German painter Max Beckmann (1884-1950), who is one of the most idiosyncratic and unique artists of the twentieth century.
The erudite painter develops a very personal visual language from countless sources – including mythology, religion and literature – and his own observations. This results in an impressive oeuvre that is not easy to explain, but has a strong and mysterious appeal.
Beckmann’s paintings are figurative: portraits, still lifes, landscapes (including sea and cityscapes) and mythological and historical scenes. The innovative and modern aspect of Beckmann’s work lies not so much in his choice of subject,
but precisely in its effect. Specifically in the representation and manipulation of space. In this book and in the exhibition, Kunstmuseum Den Haag examines the representation of space in the oeuvre of Max Beckmann: a lifelong obsession of the painter. IN DUTCH!
ISBN: 9789462625280
