Max Beckmann
Die Hölle [Hell]
About this artwork
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title:Die Hölle [Hell]
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accession number:GMA 2465
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materials:Portfolio of ten lithographs on paper and title page
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date created:1919
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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
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…
