Max Beckmann
Die Hölle [Hell]
About this artwork
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artist:Max Beckmann (1884 - 1950) German
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title:Die Hölle [Hell]
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date created:1919
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materials:Portfolio of ten lithographs on paper and title page
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measurements:Each approx. 87.00 x 61.00 cm (paper size) (framed: 94.60 x 74.30 x 2.50 cm)
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credit line:Purchased 1981
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accession number:GMA 2465
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Max Beckmann
Max Beckmann
Beckmann was born in Leipzig. He studied in Weimar and Paris before settling in Berlin. At the outbreak of war he volunteered for the medical corps, but in 1915 suffered a nervous breakdown and was later discharged. After seeing the devastating effects of the war on the people of Germany and on the...