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Max BeckmannGerman, 1884–1950May one see it?
Washington, D.C., United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
during the First World War
A nervous breakdown and discharge from the army
His traumatic experience of the war coincides with a dramatic change of style, from academically correct depictions to a distortion of both figure and space. He is discharged from the military after a nervous breakdown.
during the First World War
Volunteers as a medical orderly in the First World War
Beckmann volunteers for the war and serves as a medical orderly, working in a hospital.
1921
A contract with the Berlin print dealer J. B. Neumann
In 1921 Beckmann signs an exclusive contract with the Berlin print dealer J. B. Neumann.