Sujet

Sacrificial Meal, 1947. Creator: Max Beckmann.

Légende

Sacrificial Meal, 1947. Beckmann's artistic production probes the nature of the human condition. Beginning with the horrors of World War I and a series of crises Beckmann endured personally, his outlook grew increasingly pessimistic. In the early 1930s Beckmann was forced to give up his teaching position by political forces opposed to his modern and confrontational style. By the late 1930s intense persecution forced Beckmann to flee Germany for Amsterdam where he withstood the hardships of World War II. His jarring style enhances the brutal theme of this watercolor the savagery of humans. It is a preliminary study for a painting (Stephen Lackner Collection, Santa Barbara, California) In which the subject Is transformed into one of outright cannibalism. Harsh colors, strafing black lines, and crammed fantastic figures in frenzied spaces are characteristics of Beckmann's style.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM26A01_415

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

7,9Mo (1,4Mo) / 11,4cm x 17,3cm / 1341 x 2048 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Germany Europe food study German arts country figure figures art meal continent European color scene depiction location century drawing gallery studies sacrifice 1940s watercolour art gallery Forties Colour sacrificing Cannibal 20th century artistic movement cannibalism decade Expressionism Expressionist sacrificial pen and ink drawing 1947 Cannibals Max Beckmann artistic style Beckmann Max watercolour on paper art centre Detroit Institute of Arts Heritage Art Watercolor pen and ink on paper with a laid-like texture