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# Max Beckmann

(1884–1950)   Painter   Germany

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Max Beckmann was a painter from Germany, best known for *Max Beckmann*.

## Quick Facts About Max Beckmann

Born February 27, 1884

Died December 27, 1950

Nationality Germany

Profession Painter

Notable works Max Beckmann

Known for Self-Portrait in Tuxedo, Self-Portrait with Red Scarf, Departure, Birds’ Hell

Spouse Minna Beckmann-Tube

## About Max Beckmann

Max Carl Friedrich Beckmann was a German painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor, and writer. Although he is classified as an Expressionist artist, he rejected both the term and the movement. In the 1920s, he was associated with the New Objectivity, an outgrowth of Expressionism that opposed its introverted emotionalism. Even when dealing with light subject matter like circus performers, Beckmann often had an undercurrent of moodiness or unease in his works. By the 1930s, his work became more explicit in its horrifying imagery and distorted forms with combination of brutal realism and social criticism, coinciding with the rise of Nazism in Germany.

## Awards & Honors

Villa Romana Prize

##  Quotes by Max Beckmann

> [One of my problems is to find the self.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-beckmann/one-of-my-problems-is-to-find-the-self/)

[Max Beckmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-beckmann/)

[Identity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/identity/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f3/max-beckmann-14117_identity_one-of-my-problems-is-to-find-the-self-3_374586.jpg)

> [I passed blindly many things which belong to real and political life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-beckmann/i-passed-blindly-many-things-which-belong-to-real-and-political-life/)

[Max Beckmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-beckmann/)

[Blindly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blindly/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86a/max-beckmann-14117_blindly_i-passed-blindly-many-things-which-belon_2831677.jpg)

> [I do not weep: I loathe tears, for they are a sign of slavery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-beckmann/i-do-not-weep-i-loathe-tears-for-they-are-a-sign-of-slavery/)

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[Loathe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/loathe/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e5/max-beckmann-14117_loathe_i-do-not-weep-i-loathe-tears-for-they-ar_916857.jpg)

> [There is nothing I hate more than sentimentality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-beckmann/there-is-nothing-i-hate-more-than-sentimentality/)

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[Hate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hate/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99e/max-beckmann-14117_hate_there-is-nothing-i-hate-more-than-sentim_1598539.jpg)

> [The greatest mystery of all is reality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-beckmann/the-greatest-mystery-of-all-is-reality/)

[Max Beckmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-beckmann/)

[Greatest](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/greatest/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b1/max-beckmann-14117_greatest_the-greatest-mystery-of-all-is-reality-2_2898930.jpg)

> [Painting constantly appeared to me as the one and only possible achievement.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-beckmann/painting-constantly-appeared-to-me-as-the-one-and-only-possible/)

[Max Beckmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-beckmann/)

[Achievement](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/achievement/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f7/max-beckmann-14117_achievement_painting-constantly-appeared-to-me-as-th_2119318.jpg)

> [What are you? What am I? Those are the questions that constantly persecute and torment me and perhaps also play some part…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-beckmann/what-are-you-what-am-i-those-are-the-questions-that-constantly/)

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[Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/631/max-beckmann-14117_art_what-are-you-what-am-i-those-are-the-que_2316147.jpg)

> [I am seeking for the bridge which leans from the visible to the invisible through reality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-beckmann/i-am-seeking-for-the-bridge-which-leans-from-the-visible-to-the/)

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[Bridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bridge/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf6/max-beckmann-14117_bridge_i-am-seeking-for-the-bridge-which-leans_3206751.jpg)

> [I believe the reason I love painting so much is that it forces one to be objective.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-beckmann/i-believe-the-reason-i-love-painting-so-much-is-that-it-forces-one-to/)

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[Artist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/artist/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/597/max-beckmann-14117_artist_i-believe-the-reason-i-love-painting-so_473320.jpg)

> [What I want to show in my work is the idea which hides itself behind so-called reality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-beckmann/what-i-want-to-show-in-my-work-is-the-idea-which-hides-itself-behind-2/)

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[Behinds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/behinds/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ae/max-beckmann-14117_behinds_what-i-want-to-show-in-my-work-is-the-id_458380.jpg)

> [I believe that the reason why I love painting so much is that it forces one to be objective. There is nothing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-beckmann/i-believe-that-the-reason-why-i-love-painting-so-much-is-that-it/)

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[Artist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/artist/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c1/max-beckmann-14117_artist_i-believe-that-the-reason-why-i-love-pai_2758454.jpg)

> [The stronger and more intense my desire becomes to capture and record that which is unsayable, the more tightly my mouth stays…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-beckmann/the-stronger-and-more-intense-my-desire-becomes-to-capture-and-record/)

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[Capture](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/capture/)

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> [I hardly need to abstract things, for each object is unreal enough already, so unreal that I can only make it real…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-beckmann/i-hardly-need-to-abstract-things-for-each-object-is-unreal-enough/)

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[Abstract](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abstract/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f85/max-beckmann-14117_abstract_i-hardly-need-to-abstract-things-for-eac_1398286.jpg)

> [The laws of art are eternal and don't change at all, as the moral laws don't change in human beings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-beckmann/the-laws-of-art-are-eternal-and-don-t-change-at-all-as-the-moral-laws/)

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[Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f17/max-beckmann-14117_art_the-laws-of-art-are-eternal-and-don-t-ch_2763458.jpg)

> [My heart beats more for a raw, average vulgar art, which doesn't live between sleepy fairy-tale moods and poetry but rather concedes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-beckmann/my-heart-beats-more-for-a-raw-average-vulgar-art-which-doesn-t-live/)

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[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/024/max-beckmann-14117_art_my-heart-beats-more-for-a-raw-average-vu_2405458.jpg)

> [“Art is creative for the sake of realization, not for amusement: for transfiguration, not for the sake of play. It is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-beckmann/art-is-creative-for-the-sake-of-realization-not-for-amusement-for/)

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> [What I want to show in my work is the idea which hides itself behind so-called reality. I am seeking for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-beckmann/what-i-want-to-show-in-my-work-is-the-idea-which-hides-itself-behind/)

[Max Beckmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-beckmann/)

[Behinds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/behinds/)

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> [Learn by heart the forms to be found in nature, so that you can use them like the notes in a musical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-beckmann/learn-by-heart-the-forms-to-be-found-in-nature-so-that-you-can-use/)

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[Chaos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chaos/)

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> [What is important to me in my work is the identity that is hidden behind so-called reality. I search for a bridge…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-beckmann/what-is-important-to-me-in-my-work-is-the-identity-that-is-hidden/)

[Max Beckmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-beckmann/)

[Behinds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/behinds/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/246/max-beckmann-14117_behinds_what-is-important-to-me-in-my-work-is-th_1557633.jpg)

> [I think only of objects: of a leg or an arm, of the wonderful sense of foreshortening, breaking through the plane, of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-beckmann/i-think-only-of-objects-of-a-leg-or-an-arm-of-the-wonderful-sense-of/)

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[Arms](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arms/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e24/max-beckmann-14117_arms_i-think-only-of-objects-of-a-leg-or-an-a_1681351.jpg)

> [The important thing is first of all to have a real love for the visible world that lies outside ourselves as well…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-beckmann/the-important-thing-is-first-of-all-to-have-a-real-love-for-the/)

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[Firsts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/firsts/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34b/max-beckmann-14117_firsts_the-important-thing-is-first-of-all-to-h_1139872.jpg)

> [Height, width, and depth are the three phenomena which I must transfer into one plane to form the abstract surface of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-beckmann/height-width-and-depth-are-the-three-phenomena-which-i-must-transfer/)

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[Abstract](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abstract/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee5/max-beckmann-14117_abstract_height-width-and-depth-are-the-three-phe_1688743.jpg)

> [Politics is a subordinate matter; its form of appearance constantly changes depending on the needs of the masses, the same way cocottes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-beckmann/politics-is-a-subordinate-matter-its-form-of-appearance-constantly/)

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[Appearance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/appearance/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55d/max-beckmann-14117_appearance_politics-is-a-subordinate-matter-its-for_1147902.jpg)

> [The individual representation of the object, treated sympathetically or antipathetically, is highly necessary and is an enrichment to the world in form.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-beckmann/the-individual-representation-of-the-object-treated-sympathetically/)

[Max Beckmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-beckmann/)

[Alterations](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alterations/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/877/max-beckmann-14117_alterations_the-individual-representation-of-the-obj_2020435.jpg)

> [Often, very often, I am alone. My studio in Amsterdam, (Beckmann lived in the center of Amsterdam during World War 2.) an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-beckmann/often-very-often-i-am-alone-my-studio-in-amsterdam-beckmann-lived-in/)

[Max Beckmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-beckmann/)

[Amsterdam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amsterdam/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bcf/max-beckmann-14117_amsterdam_often-very-often-i-am-alone-my-studio-in_3021638.jpg)

> [We will enjoy ourselves with the forms that are given us: a human face, a hand, the breast of a woman or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-beckmann/we-will-enjoy-ourselves-with-the-forms-that-are-given-us-a-human-face/)

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[Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/black/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a9/max-beckmann-14117_black_we-will-enjoy-ourselves-with-the-forms-t_532812.jpg)

> [Colour, as the strange and magnificent expression of the inscrutable spectrum of Eternity, is beautiful and important to me as a painter;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-beckmann/colour-as-the-strange-and-magnificent-expression-of-the-inscrutable/)

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[Beautiful](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beautiful/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23c/max-beckmann-14117_beautiful_colour-as-the-strange-and-magnificent-ex_196177.jpg)

> [ The world is rather shot to pieces \[end of World War II - 1945\], but the spectators climb out of their caves… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-beckmann/the-world-is-rather-shot-to-pieces-end-of-world-war-ii-1945-but-the/)

[Max Beckmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-beckmann/)

[Again and again](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/again-and-again/)

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> [I have never, God or whatever knows, prostrated myself to be famous, but I would meander through all the sewers of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-beckmann/i-have-never-god-or-whatever-knows-prostrated-myself-to-be-famous-but/)

[Max Beckmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-beckmann/)

[Degradation](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/degradation/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/556/max-beckmann-14117_degradation_i-have-never-god-or-whatever-knows-prost_1476958.jpg)

> [“Everything intellectual and transcendent is joined together in painting by the uninterrupted labour of the eyes. Each shade of a flower, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-beckmann/everything-intellectual-and-transcendent-is-joined-together-in/)

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[Mind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mind/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4af/max-beckmann-14117_personal-things_everything-intellectual-and-transcendent_1214631.jpg)

> [If you wish to get hold of the invisible you must penetrate as deeply as possible into the visible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-beckmann/if-you-wish-to-get-hold-of-the-invisible-you-must-penetrate-as-deeply/)

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[Deeply](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/deeply/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/724/max-beckmann-14117_ifs_if-you-wish-to-get-hold-of-the-invisible_1183946.jpg)

> [What matters is real love for things of the world outside us and for the deep secrets within us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-beckmann/what-matters-is-real-love-for-things-of-the-world-outside-us-and-for/)

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[Love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/231/max-beckmann-14117_love_what-matters-is-real-love-for-things-of_1818136.jpg)

> [Love in an animal sense is an illness, but a necessity which one has to overcome.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-beckmann/love-in-an-animal-sense-is-an-illness-but-a-necessity-which-one-has/)

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[Animal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animal/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/556/max-beckmann-14117_animal_love-in-an-animal-sense-is-an-illness-bu_2637409.jpg)

> [In principle, any abstraction of the object is allowed which has a sufficiently strong creative power behind it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-beckmann/in-principle-any-abstraction-of-the-object-is-allowed-which-has-a/)

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[Abstraction](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abstraction/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/793/max-beckmann-14117_abstraction_in-principle-any-abstraction-of-the-obje_754290.jpg)

> [Art is creative for the sake of realization, not for amusement... for transfiguration, not for the sake of play.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-beckmann/art-is-creative-for-the-sake-of-realization-not-for-amusement-for-2/)

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[Amusement](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amusement/)

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> [Space, and space again, is the infinite deity which surrounds us and in which we are ourselves contained.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-beckmann/space-and-space-again-is-the-infinite-deity-which-surrounds-us-and-in/)

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[Deities](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/deities/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d1/max-beckmann-14117_deities_space-and-space-again-is-the-infinite-de_1639989.jpg)

> [When spiritual, metaphysical, material, or immaterial events come into my life, I can only fix them by way of painting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-beckmann/when-spiritual-metaphysical-material-or-immaterial-events-come-into/)

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[Artist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/artist/)

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> [My figures come and go, suggested by fortune or misfortune. I try to fix them divested of their apparent accidental quality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-beckmann/my-figures-come-and-go-suggested-by-fortune-or-misfortune-i-try-to/)

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[Accidents](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accidents/)

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> [One of my problems is to find the Ego, which has only one form and is immortal - to find it in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-beckmann/one-of-my-problems-is-to-find-the-ego-which-has-only-one-form-and-is/)

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[Animal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animal/)

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> [It was so wonderful outside that even the wild senselessness of this enormous death, whose music I hear again and again, could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-beckmann/it-was-so-wonderful-outside-that-even-the-wild-senselessness-of-this/)

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[Death](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/death/)

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## Max Beckmann by topic

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                        "text": "I have never, God or whatever knows, prostrated myself to be famous, but I would meander through all the sewers of the world, through all degradations and humiliations, in order to paint. I have to do this. Until the last drop every vision that exists in my being must be purged; then it will be a pleasure for me to be rid of this damned torture",
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                        "text": "“Everything intellectual and transcendent is joined together in painting by the uninterrupted labour of the eyes. Each shade of a flower, a face, a tree, a fruit, a sea, a mountain, is noted eagerly by the intensity of the senses to which is added, in a way of which we are not conscious, the work of the mind, and in the end the strength or weakness of the soul. It is this genuine, eternally unchanging center of strength which makes mind and senses capable of expressing personal things. It is the strength of soul which forces the mind to constant exercise to widen its conception of space.”",
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