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: (60)
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H.M. Pechstein and Rudolf Belling, Max Pechstein (Germany, Zwickau, 1881 - 1955) , circa 1921, Woodcut on orange cover stock
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H.M. Pechstein und Rudolf Belling, Max Pechstein (Germany, Zwickau, 1881 - 1955) , circa 1921, Printed material and one woodcut on orange cover stock
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The Graphic Work of Max Pechstein, Max Pechstein (Germany, Zwickau, 1881 - 1955) , 1921, Printed material and one lithograph on wove paper
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The Lord’s Prayer, woodcuts by H. M. Pechstein, Max Pechstein (Germany, Zwickau, 1881 - 1955) , 1921, Woodcut handcolored with ochre, blue and red with watercolor on wove paper
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Sunlight, Max Pechstein (Germany, Zwickau, 1881 - 1955) , 1921, Oil on canvas
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Max Pechstein Bathers oil on canvas 1917
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Max Pechstein Der Ruderer Lithograph 1917
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Beach at Nidden, Max Pechstein (Germany, Zwickau, 1881 - 1955) , 1911, Oil on canvas
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Max Pechstein Bathers drawing: brush & ink 1912
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In adoration, Max Pechstein (Germany, Zwickau, 1881 - 1955) , 1917, Woodcut on wove paper
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Bathers, Max Pechstein (Germany, Zwickau, 1881 - 1955) , 1910, Woodcut on wove paper
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Performer, Max Pechstein (Germany, Zwickau, 1881 - 1955) , 1910, Woodcut on wove paper
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Seated man, Max Pechstein (Germany, Zwickau, 1881 - 1955) , 1910, Woodcut on wove paper
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Max Pechstein South Sea Idyll drawing: pen & ink 19th - 20th century
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Postcard: Circus horse, Max Pechstein (Germany, Zwickau, 1881 - 1955) , 1910, Watercolor on postcard
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Portrait of a Girl/Still Life with Fan, Max Pechstein (Germany, Zwickau, 1881 - 1955) , 1919-1920, Oil on canvas
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Head of a fisherman, Max Pechstein (Germany, Zwickau, 1881 - 1955) , 1922, Woodcut on wove paper
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Mask, Max Pechstein (Germany, Zwickau, 1881 - 1955) , 1918, Woodcut on gray laid paper
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Max Pechstein Head of a Boy woodcut 19th - 20th century
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Untitled, Max Pechstein (Germany, Zwickau, 1881 - 1955) , 1919, oil on canvas
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Reclining Female Nude, Max Pechstein (Germany, Zwickau, 1881 - 1955) , circa 1919, Colored crayons
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Max Pechstein Reclining Couple Color woodcut 1921
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Max Pechstein Flute Playing in the Country Transparent and opaque watercolor 1908
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Figure of an idol, Max Pechstein (Germany, Zwickau, 1881 - 1955) , 1920, Woodcut on heavy wove paper
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Eibedul, Max Pechstein (Germany, Zwickau, 1881 - 1955) , 1917, Woodcut with orange watercolor on japan paper
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Head of a fisherman 7, Max Pechstein (Germany, Zwickau, 1881 - 1955) , 1911, Woodcut on heavy wove paper
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Landscape, Max Pechstein (Germany, Zwickau, 1881 - 1955) , 1912, Woodcut on thin pink wove paper
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Melancholy, Max Pechstein (Germany, Zwickau, 1881 - 1955) , 1912, Woodcut on thin pink wove paper
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Landscape, Max Pechstein (Germany, Zwickau, 1881 - 1955) , 1912, Woodcut on thin pink wove paper
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Melancholy, Max Pechstein (Germany, Zwickau, 1881 - 1955) , 1912, Woodcut on thin pink wove paper
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Max Pechstein Bathers on the Beach in Palau, South Seas Lithograph 1918
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Self-portrait, Max Pechstein (Germany, Zwickau, 1881 - 1955) , 1920, Lithograph on wove paper
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Portrait of Paul Fechter, Max Pechstein (Germany, Zwickau, 1881 - 1955) , 1921, Drypoint on Van Gelder Zonen paper
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Russian ballet 1, Max Pechstein (Germany, Zwickau, 1881 - 1955) , 1912, Etching and aquatint on heavy wove paper
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Portrait of Dr. Freundlich, Max Pechstein (Germany, Zwickau, 1881 - 1955) , 1918, Woodcut on heavy gray copperplate paper
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Woman on a sofa, Max Pechstein (Germany, Zwickau, 1881 - 1955) , 1908, Etching and aquatint on heavy wove paper
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Der grosse Befehl, Max Pechstein (Germany, Zwickau, 1881 - 1955) , 1933, Printed material
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Kneeling nude with bowl, Max Pechstein (Germany, Zwickau, 1881 - 1955) , 1911, Woodcut on blue wove paper
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Untitled, Max Pechstein (Germany, Zwickau, 1881 - 1955) , 1917, Lithograph Van Gelder paper
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Untitled, Max Pechstein (Germany, Zwickau, 1881 - 1955) , 1917, Lithograph Van Gelder paper
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Untitled, Max Pechstein (Germany, Zwickau, 1881 - 1955) , 1917, Lithograph Van Gelder paper
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Untitled, Max Pechstein (Germany, Zwickau, 1881 - 1955) , 1917, Lithograph Van Gelder paper
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Untitled, Max Pechstein (Germany, Zwickau, 1881 - 1955) , 1917, Lithograph Van Gelder paper
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Untitled, Max Pechstein (Germany, Zwickau, 1881 - 1955) , 1917, Lithograph Van Gelder paper
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Untitled, Max Pechstein (Germany, Zwickau, 1881 - 1955) , 1917, Lithograph Van Gelder paper
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Judas, Max Pechstein (Germany, Zwickau, 1881 - 1955) , 1919, Woodcut on wove paper
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Untitled, Max Pechstein (Germany, Zwickau, 1881 - 1955) , 1917, Lithograph Van Gelder paper
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The shadow 3, Max Pechstein (Germany, Zwickau, 1881 - 1955) , 1918, Drypoint on japan paper
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Untitled, Max Pechstein (Germany, Zwickau, 1881 - 1955) , 1917, Lithograph Van Gelder paper
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Untitled, Max Pechstein (Germany, Zwickau, 1881 - 1955) , 1919, Lithograph on wove paper
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Untitled, Max Pechstein (Germany, Zwickau, 1881 - 1955) , 1919, Lithograph on wove paper
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Untitled, Max Pechstein (Germany, Zwickau, 1881 - 1955) , 1917, Lithograph Van Gelder paper
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Untitled, Max Pechstein (Germany, Zwickau, 1881 - 1955) , 1919, Lithograph on wove paper
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Untitled, Max Pechstein (Germany, Zwickau, 1881 - 1955) , 1919, Lithograph on wove paper
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Untitled, Max Pechstein (Germany, Zwickau, 1881 - 1955) , 1919, Lithograph on wove paper
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The shadow 1, Max Pechstein (Germany, Zwickau, 1881 - 1955) , 1918, Drypoint on japan paper
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Untitled, Max Pechstein (Germany, Zwickau, 1881 - 1955) , 1917, Lithograph Van Gelder paper
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The shadow 1, Max Pechstein (Germany, Zwickau, 1881 - 1955) , 1918, Drypoint on japan paper
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The shadow 2, Max Pechstein (Germany, Zwickau, 1881 - 1955) , 1918, Drypoint on japan paper
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The shadow 2, Max Pechstein (Germany, Zwickau, 1881 - 1955) , 1918, Drypoint on japan paper

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (7)
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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 ...
Galerie St. Etienne: Cafe Culture: Art and Society in Early 20th Century Austria and Germany
The café and its nighttime counterpart, the cabaret, were meeting grounds for all members of society in early twentieth century Austria and Germany, fermenting artistic movements and influencing artists’ subject matter. The cross-fertilization tha...
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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