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James Panero on “Max Beckmann: The Formative Years, 1915–1925” at Neue Galerie.
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James Panero on “Max Beckmann: The Formative Years, 1915–1925” at Neue Galerie.
I invariably try to reread E.B. White’s small book, “Here’s Is New York,” first published in Holiday, before I head to New York City, whether for business or pleasure. While published in 1949, parts of it still ring true, memorably describing the quality of life in the Big Apple along with its ebb and flow. […]
Max Beckmann: The Formative Years, 1915-1925 explores the dark early works of an artist traumatized by World War I.
Before the war (the First World War, I mean; with so many wars one can lose count), Max Beckmann was painting clean, traditionalist self-portraits and
A real vigor emerges in this exhibition at the Neue Galerie, which focuses on the painter’s unflinching Weimar scenes.