Max Beckmann in New York

BECKMANN, Max, Emily Walter Sabine Rewald, and Gero von Boehm

ISBN 10: 1588396002 / ISBN 13: 9781588396006

Edité par The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2016

A propos de cet article

First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 148 pages. Published in conjunction an exhibition that ran October 19, 2016 through February 20, 2017. Features essays by Emily Walter Sabine Rewald, and Gero von Boehm. Includes numerous color illustrations. A clean very near fine copy in illustrated boards. No dust jacket as issued.

N° de réf. du vendeur 185399

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Max Beckmann in New York
• Éditeur: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
• Date de parution: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1588396002
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781588396006
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• Édition: Edition originale
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Art Monographs

A propos de ce titre

Synopsis

An up close and personal look at the life and work of a major 20th-century artist

The prominent German Expressionist painter Max Beckmann (1884–1950) is known for allegorical, autobiographical works that capture the doom and grotesquerie of World War I and the subsequent rise of Nazism. In 1937, under threat by the Nazi regime (which featured Beckmann’s work prominently in the notorious “Degenerate Art” exhibition that year), he and his wife relocated, first to Amsterdam, then to St. Louis, and eventually to New York City, where Beckmann died less than one year later. This revealing book focuses on the works produced during Beckmann’s final years and other pieces by the artist now found in New York collections.
 
Throughout his prolific career, Beckmann maintained a firm loyalty to representational painting, asserting his purpose to “get hold of the magic of reality and to transfer this reality into painting.” The deft and subtle layers of color and shadow, figures and allusions in his work resulted in captivating narrative images. Presenting a mesmerizing portrait of one of the 20th century’s most enigmatic and challenging artists, Max Beckmann in New York features beautiful reproductions of Beckmann’s remarkable artworks, accompanied by an engaging essay by acclaimed art historian Sabine Rewald that contextualizes his paintings and provides insight into his tumultuous life.  

Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art / Distributed by Yale University Press

Exhibition Schedule:

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
(10/18/16–02/20/17)

À propos de l?auteur

Sabine Rewald is Jacques and Natasha Gellman Curator in the Modern and Contemporary Department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.