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Fan account of Max Beckmann, a German painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor, and writer. 1884-1950 Automated #artbot thanks to @andreitr.bsky.social and @botfrens.bsky.social

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Max Beckmann @maxbeckmann.bsky.social · 16h

Adam and Eve (Adam und Eva) www.moma.org/collection/works/64589

Larry Aldrich Fund

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Max Beckmann @maxbeckmann.bsky.social · 18h

Self-Portrait with a Saxophone www.wikiart.org/en/max-beckmann/sel…

Self-Portrait with a Saxophone

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Max Beckmann @maxbeckmann.bsky.social · 20h

The Habor of Genua www.wikiart.org/en/max-beckmann/the…

The Habor of Genua

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Max Beckmann @maxbeckmann.bsky.social · 23h

"Negro Dance" from "Jahrmarkt" collections.artsmia.org/art/106309

African performers holding instruments and spear; woman dancing in patterned veil; three men sitting at bottom shown from back and watching performance; number nine embossed into lower center of window mat
In "Jahrmarkt" ("Annual Fair"), Max Beckmann imagines the world as a traveling carnival teeming with an eclectic cast of actors, dancers, and circus entertainers who perform in the theater of life. Beckmann casts himself as a carnival barker in the series’ opening plate, ringing a small bell to announce the show, and cajoling viewers to enter the Circus Beckmann, a curious realm of outsiders and misfits. Many of the protagonists are friends and acquaintances of the artist; he even includes his wife Minna in the series, who famously appears along with Beckmann balancing on a tightrope. As the scenes of the portfolio unfold, a pageant of players takes the stage: a tall man, a sharpshooter, a snake charmer, exotic dancers, musicians, and other circus entertainers perform in succession. In one plate from the series, Beckmann presents a carousal crowded with a diverse lot of humanity, an apt metaphor for the apparent aimlessness of life. The series was inspired in part by Beckmann’s visits to the Prater, a Viennese amusement park, where he observed the performers and visitors and sketched them from life. Justly celebrated for its incisive observations on the human condition, "Jahrmarkt" is a brilliant example of Beckmann’s mature graphic style and seminal publication of German Expressionism.

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Max Beckmann @maxbeckmann.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Tango www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollecti…

Tango

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Max Beckmann @maxbeckmann.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

At the Toilette (Bei der Toilette) www.moma.org/collection/works/76809

Johanna and Leslie J. Garfield Fund and The Philip and Lynn Straus Foundation Fund

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Max Beckmann @maxbeckmann.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Illustration for Scene 1 (plate facing page 8) from Der Mensch is kein Haustier (Man Is Not a Domestic Animal) www.moma.org/collection/works/9539

Johanna and Leslie J. Garfield Fund

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Max Beckmann @maxbeckmann.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Family Picture www.wikiart.org/en/max-beckmann/fam…

Family Picture

Max Beckmann @maxbeckmann.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Hunger, plate 5 from the portfolio “Hell” www.slam.org/collection/objects/399…

Hunger, plate 5 from the portfolio “Hell”

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Max Beckmann @maxbeckmann.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Tango from Day and Dream www.moma.org/collection/works/111179

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Max Beckmann @maxbeckmann.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Self-Portrait collections.artsmia.org/art/49637

Self-Portrait

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Max Beckmann @maxbeckmann.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The Martyrdom (plate 4) [Das Martyrium (Blatt 4)] from Hell (Die Hölle) www.moma.org/collection/works/66543

Larry Aldrich Fund

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Max Beckmann @maxbeckmann.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

King and Demagogue (König und Demagoge) www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollecti…

King and Demagogue (König und Demagoge)

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Max Beckmann @maxbeckmann.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Portrait of Dr. Weidner (Bildnis Dr. Weidner) www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollecti…

Portrait of Dr. Weidner (Bildnis Dr. Weidner)

Max Beckmann @maxbeckmann.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Portrait of Curt Glaser www.slam.org/collection/objects/134…

Portrait of Curt Glaser

Max Beckmann @maxbeckmann.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Minette www.moma.org/collection/works/60865

Gift of Victor S. Riesenfeld

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Max Beckmann @maxbeckmann.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Illustration for Scene 10 (plate facing page 110) from Der Mensch ist kein Haustier (Man Is Not a Domestic Animal) www.moma.org/collection/works/9546

Johanna and Leslie J. Garfield Fund

Max Beckmann @maxbeckmann.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Self-Portrait in Bowler Hat (Selbstbildnis mit steifem Hut) www.moma.org/collection/works/70163

Anonymous gift

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Max Beckmann @maxbeckmann.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Ebbi www.moma.org/collection/works/13811

Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund

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Max Beckmann @maxbeckmann.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Self-Portrait with a Cigarette www.moma.org/collection/works/79289

Gift of Dr. and Mrs. F. H. Hirschland

Max Beckmann @maxbeckmann.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The Bath www.slam.org/collection/objects/134…

The Bath

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Max Beckmann @maxbeckmann.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Furnished Room (Möbliert) (plate 5) from Stadtnacht (City Night) www.moma.org/collection/works/20291

The Louis E. Stern Collection

Max Beckmann @maxbeckmann.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Self-Portrait with Suitcase (Selbstbildnis mit Koffer). Cover from Trip to Berlin 192 (Berliner Reise 1922) www.moma.org/collection/works/66640

Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund

Max Beckmann @maxbeckmann.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Self-Portrait with Stylus (Selbstbildnis mit Griffel) from Faces (Gesichter) www.moma.org/collection/works/63518

Gift of Edgar J. Kaufmann, Jr.

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Max Beckmann @maxbeckmann.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Two Dancing Couples (Zwei Tanzpaare) www.moma.org/collection/works/70460

Gift of Seymour Hacker

Max Beckmann @maxbeckmann.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Main River Landscape, plate 6 from the portfolio... www.slam.org/collection/objects/157…

Main River Landscape, plate 6 from the portfolio...

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Max Beckmann @maxbeckmann.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Reclining Nude www.artic.edu/artworks/71978

Though often associated with the German Expressionist movement, Max Beckmann’s artistic production was highly individualistic and eludes strict categorization. While Beckmann had earlier criticized the French avant-garde, by the mid-1920s, he began to identify with artists working in the Parisian art world. He made frequent visits to the city, and his work began to show stylistic affinities with that by artists like Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, and Georges Rouault. Reclining Nude recalls the long-standing tradition of associating the female body with the timeless ideals of beauty. The stark nature of the model’s pose and distorted form, however, are more modern updates on this classical idea.

Joseph Winterbotham Collection

Max Beckmann @maxbeckmann.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Large Picture of Women. Fisherwomen www.slam.org/collection/objects/134…

Large Picture of Women. Fisherwomen

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Max Beckmann @maxbeckmann.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Self-Portrait with Trumpet www.wikiart.org/en/max-beckmann/sel…

Self-Portrait with Trumpet

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Max Beckmann @maxbeckmann.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Society 1915 (Gesellschaft 1915) www.moma.org/collection/works/71574

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Max Beckmann @maxbeckmann.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Leda www.slam.org/collection/objects/266…

Leda

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Max Beckmann @maxbeckmann.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Small Stormy Sea www.slam.org/collection/objects/134…

Small Stormy Sea

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Max Beckmann @maxbeckmann.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Theater from the portfolio Faces (Gesichter) www.moma.org/collection/works/66220

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Max Beckmann @maxbeckmann.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Portrait of the Composer Frederik Delius (Bildnis des Komponisten Frederik Delius) www.moma.org/collection/works/69617

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Max Beckmann @maxbeckmann.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Plate (facing page 28) from Die Fürstin (The Duchess) www.moma.org/collection/works/20278

The Louis E. Stern Collection

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Max Beckmann @maxbeckmann.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Still Life with Two Large Candles www.slam.org/collection/objects/134…

Still Life with Two Large Candles

Max Beckmann @maxbeckmann.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Self-Portrait 1918, plate 1 from the portfolio “Faces” www.slam.org/collection/objects/399…

Self-Portrait 1918, plate 1 from the portfolio “Faces”

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Max Beckmann @maxbeckmann.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Self-Portrait (Selbstbildnis) www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollecti…

Self-Portrait (Selbstbildnis)

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Max Beckmann @maxbeckmann.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Bar Brown www.wikiart.org/en/max-beckmann/not…

Bar Brown

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Max Beckmann @maxbeckmann.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Woman on a Sofa (Fridel Battenberg) (Frau auf dem Sofa [Fridel Battenberg]) www.moma.org/collection/works/71029

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Max Beckmann @maxbeckmann.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Illustration for Scene 6 (plate facing page 70) from Der Mensch ist kein Haustier (Man Is Not a Domestic Animal) www.moma.org/collection/works/9545

Johanna and Leslie J. Garfield Fund

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Max Beckmann @maxbeckmann.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Portrait of a Woman www.artic.edu/artworks/18608

Gift of Dr. John J. Ireland

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Max Beckmann @maxbeckmann.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Lion Couple (Löwenpaar) www.moma.org/collection/works/61543

Gift of Weyhe Gallery

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Max Beckmann @maxbeckmann.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Das Karussell (Merry-Go-Round), plate 7 from "Jahrmarkt" collections.artsmia.org/art/114709

abstracted image of adults riding on a merry-go-round with two children in LLC watching; woman in front riding on boar; two couples seated in a round seat at left
In his seminal "Jahrmarkt" portfolio, Beckmann imagines the world as a carnival bursting with an eclectic cast of characters, among them many friends and acquaintances of the artist. He cleverly portrays himself in the first plate of the series as carnival barker, beckoning viewers to enter and behold his curious world of outsiders and misfits. For the print Merry-Go-Round, one of ten drypoints composing the series, he uses the image of a crowded carousel as an apt metaphor for the apparent aimlessness of life. Beckmann completed part of the "Jahrmarkt" series while traveling in Austria where he visited the Vienna Prater, a permanent amusement park founded in the 18th century.

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Max Beckmann @maxbeckmann.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Sleeping Couple (Schlafende) www.moma.org/collection/works/71044

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Max Beckmann @maxbeckmann.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Circus (Zirkus) from Day and Dream www.moma.org/collection/works/111187

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Max Beckmann @maxbeckmann.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Large Bridge (“Eiserner Steg” in Frankfurt am Main) www.slam.org/collection/objects/395…

Large Bridge (“Eiserner Steg” in Frankfurt am Main)

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Max Beckmann @maxbeckmann.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Dostoyevsky II (Dostojewski II) from the first Ganymede-Portfolio (erste Ganymed-Mappe) www.moma.org/collection/works/64475

Larry Aldrich Fund

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Max Beckmann @maxbeckmann.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Dream II (Der Traum II) www.moma.org/collection/works/66708

Gift of Victor S. Riesenfeld

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Max Beckmann @maxbeckmann.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Fourth Class II (Vierte Klasse II) www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollecti…

Fourth Class II (Vierte Klasse II)

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