The Duchess: First Illustration for Chapter One, Max Beckmann, 1917 (printed 1918)
Max Beckmann, portraitMax BeckmannGerman, 1884–1950

The Duchess: First Illustration for Chapter One

1917 (printed 1918) · Print

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Harvard Art Museums

Cambridge, United States

It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.

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2009.12.1

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Meanwhile, in the life of Max Beckmann

The whole life
  1. 1907–1915 · Residence

    Hermsdorf

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

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