![männlicher Kopf (Man's Head) [p. 96], Max Beckmann, 1914/1915](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/ade0db5c-fe03-40d9-8e26-74656bedd317/full/!1600,1600/0/default.jpg)
Max BeckmannGerman, 1884–1950May one see it?
Washington, D.C., United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
1907–1915 · Residence
Hermsdorf
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.