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Max Beckmann

1884 - 1950

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Max Carl Friedrich Beckmann (February 12, 1884 – December 27, 1950) was a German painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor, and writer. Although he is classified as an Expressionist artist, he rejected both the term and the movement. In the 1920s, he was associated with the New Objectivity (Neue Sachlichkeit), an outgrowth of Expressionism that opposed its introverted emotionalism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Max Beckmann has received more than 609,016 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Max Beckmann is the 284th most popular painter (up from 289th in 2019), the 730th most popular biography from Germany (up from 751st in 2019) and the 23rd most popular German Painter.

Max Beckmann was a German painter, draftsman, and sculptor. He is best known for his paintings that depict the horrors of war and the social upheavals of the early 20th century.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Max Beckmann ranks 284 out of 2,023. Before him are Paul Delaroche, Judith Leyster, Max Liebermann, Gabriele Münter, Philippe de Champaigne, and Félix Vallotton. After him are Willem de Kooning, Franz Stuck, François Gérard, Pieter Aertsen, Natalia Goncharova, and Akseli Gallen-Kallela.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Max Beckmann ranks 33. Before him are Lion Feuchtwanger, Emil Jannings, Rajendra Prasad, Edward Sapir, Rudolf Bultmann, and Leo Frank. After him are Carl Friedrich Goerdeler, Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Södermanland, Panait Istrati, Otto Rank, Étienne Gilson, and Mammad Amin Rasulzadeh. Among people deceased in 1950, Max Beckmann ranks 27. Before him are Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, George Minot, Ramana Maharshi, Roman Shukhevych, Nicolai Hartmann, and Karl Seitz. After him are Cesare Pavese, Kuniaki Koiso, Mao Anying, Petre Dumitrescu, Emmanuel Mounier, and Dinu Lipatti.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Max Beckmann ranks 730 out of 7,253. Before him are Albert Göring (1895), Hans von Bülow (1830), Duchess Mathilde Ludovika in Bavaria (1843), Frederick Augustus III of Saxony (1865), Walther Wenck (1900), and Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern (1715). After him are Johann Franz Encke (1791), Wilhelm Liebknecht (1826), Peter Parler (1330), Otto III, Duke of Bavaria (1261), Otto Wilhelm Hermann von Abich (1806), and Franz Stuck (1863).

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Among PAINTERS In Germany

Among painters born in Germany, Max Beckmann ranks 23. Before him are Gerhard Richter (1932), George Grosz (1893), August Macke (1887), Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805), Max Liebermann (1847), and Gabriele Münter (1877). After him are Franz Stuck (1863), Carl Spitzweg (1808), Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876), Hendrik Goltzius (1558), Philipp Otto Runge (1777), and Joseph Karl Stieler (1781).

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