The 9 Artworks of Max Beckmann and of media Oil On Canvas and ...

Introduction to the Artist and His Masterpiece

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Max Beckmann, a German painter, printmaker, sculptor, and writer, created the masterpiece 'Great Scene of Agony' in 1906. This oil on canvas painting is an Expressionist work measuring 141 by...

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The sitter’s features convey both resilience and resignation. She probably played only character roles. Beckmann must have known her well, because he usually portrayed people who were close to him.

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Perseus, a son of Zeus, is a figure of antique mythology whose heroics have been portrayed by numerous artists up into modern times; the most well-known episode is the liberation of Princess Andromeda. The wife of King Cepheus boasted of being prettier than the nymphs of the sea, thus offending Pose...

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The king's features are akin to Beckmann's own, although no formal self-portrait may have been intended. The collar with its triangular flaps has the shape the artist usually assigned to clown and harlequin costumes, so we may suspect that the ominous scene is really just part of a play. Beckmann wo...

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