Max Beckmann
Subtitle: the landscapes
By: texts by Hans Belting ... [et al.] ; [catalogue editors: Bernhard Mendes Bürgi, Nina Peter ; exhibition curators: Bernhard Mendes Bürgi, Nina Peter]
Contributors: Bürgi, Bernhard; Peter, Nina, 1961-; Belting, Hans; Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel
Publisher: Kunstmuseum Basel; Hatje Cantz Verlag
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Basel [Germany]; Ostfildern, Germany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
ISBN-13: 9783775731478
Subjects: German Landscape painting; Exhibitions
Other titles: Landscapes
Description: Max Beckmann is one of the titans of modernism, although he considered himself the last Old Master. This publication examines the artist's landscape paintings, which are less characterized by allegorical layers of meaning than his works  in other genres. Their splendid painterly qualities are immediately perceptible. The starting point for these landscapes was a potent experience of nature. Frequently, personal objects appear in the foreground like remnants of still lifes, making the viewer aware of the artist's presence. But the paintings are also realistic representations of places the artist visited, and Beckmann referred to photographs or postcards of these sites as part of his creative process. Further inspirations came from art itself: flashes of Beckmann's immense knowledge  of art history can be seen in his citations of other works. Thus, his landscapes can be regarded as a kind of summary of his understanding of the world.
Notes: "This book is published in conjunction with the exhibition Max Beckmann, the landscapes, Kunstmuseum Basel, September 4, 2011-January 22, 2012"--P. [234].

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Max Beckmann's Nizza in Frankfurt; title: "Feeling of home in the cosmos"; title: Natural phenomena in Max Beckmann's landscapes; title: Landscapes of exile, Max Beckmann's Dutch years 1937-1947; title: Catalogue of exhibited works, introduced by Nina Peter and Maren Stotz; title: Weimar and Berlin 1900-1914; title: Frankfurt am Main 1915-1933; title: Berlin 1933-1937; title: Amsterdam 1937-1947; title: America 1947-1950.