Artist: Max Pechstein (1881 - 1955)
Nationality: German
Movement: Expressionism
Media: Painting
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Biography:
After studying art in Dresden, Max Hermann Pechstein joined the Die Brucke art group in 1906 and was the only member to have formal art training. Later in Berlin, he helped to found the Neue Sezession and gained recognition for his decorative and colorful paintings that were lent from the ideas of Van Gogh, Matisse, and the Fauves. His paintings eventually became more primitive, incorporating thick black lines and angular figures. Pechstein was a professor at the Berlin Academy for ten years before his dismissal by the Nazis in 1933, only to be reinstated in 1945.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (16)
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Max Pechstein, Der Ruderer, 1917
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Max Pechstein, Bathers, 1917
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Max Pechstein, Bathers, 1912
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Max Pechstein, Reclining Couple, 1921
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Max Pechstein, Flute Playing in the Country, 1908
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Max Pechstein, Head of a Boy, 19th - 20th century
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Max Pechstein, South Sea Idyll, 19th - 20th century
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Max Pechstein, Bathers on the Beach in Palau, South Seas, 1918
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Max Pechstein, Bildnis Frau Ibach (Portrait of Frau Ibach), 1918 - 1919
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Max Pechstein, Selbstbildnis mit Pfeife (Raucher) Self-Portrait with Pipe (Smoker), from Die Schaffenden (Weimar, 1924), 1921
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Max Pechstein - Akrobaten III: Varieteszene n.d. woodcut with stencil Mead Art Museum, Amherst College German
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Max Pechstein - Tanzerin (Dancers) 1909 lithograph The Museum of Modern Art German
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Max Pechstein - Early Morning c. 1921 oil on canvas Portland Museum of Art German
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Max H. Pechstein - Peat-cutting, Leba 1922 watercolor, crayon o Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester German
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Max H. Pechstein - Ripe Wheat Field 1922 oil on canvas Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester German
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Max Pechstein - Chansonette (Comic Song) 1909 lithograph The Museum of Modern Art German

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (6)
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MoMA QNS: Masterworks of German Expressionism
Also featured are works by artists active after World War I, such as Max Beckmann and Käthe Kollwitz, who found that the bold, graphic use of black-and-white printmaking perfectly suited their stark, socially critical imagery. Printmaking was of c...
Museum of Modern Art: ModernStarts: Places
Landscape painting between 1880 and 1920 ranged from idealized and allegorical depictions of nature, as seen in the ...
Ketterer Kunst: The Moderne and Gegenwart to be First Autumn Auction
One of the highlights of the auction is a bronze sculpture. Gerhard Marcks’ Schäferin (Shepherdess) is the fourth of seven casts and documents the artist’s new ideas concerning patina. Marcks wrote in 1953: Previously there was too much patina. Bu...
Phillips Auctioneers: Phillips, de Pury and Luxembourg to Auction Hoener Collection of 20th Century German Art
Phillips, de Pury and Luxembourg will auction the Diethelm Hoener Collection of 20th Century German Art on Monday, November 5 at 11:00 am. Among the highlights of the collection are two rare beach scenes by Max Liebermann, which illustrate...
Ketterer Kunst: Self-portrait by Albert Birkle is Highlight of Auction Moderne and Gegenwart
Classic modern art is headed by Emil Nolde’s Schiff im Dock (Ship in a Dockyard). The engraving and shaded etching of 1910 is accompanied by an authenticated photograph signed by Prof. Dr. Martin Urban. It is estimated at DM 20,000 – 24,000. ...
Museum of Modern Art: Abby Aldrich Rockefeller and Print Collecting: An Early Mission for MoMA
Beginning June 24, 1999, MoMA will present Abby Aldrich Rockefeller and Print Collecting: An Early Mission for MoMA, a display of approximately 100 prints that Mrs. Rockefeller enjoyed in her private collection, before donating them to th...

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The Brücke Museum
Max Pechstein artist portrait, brief biography and art
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Biographie: Max Pechstein, 1881-1955
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