Autore
aa.vv.
Editore
Hatje Cantz
Luogo di pubblicazione
ISBN
Pagine
1024
Dimensioni
24 x 32
Lingua
Anno pubblicazione
2010
Rilegatura
Illustrazioni
1400 colori
Max Beckmann (18841950) is the most prominent German painter of the first half of the twentieth century. Following the publication of his diaries and letters as well as the catalogues raisonnés of his paintings, drawings, prints, and colored works on paper, a complete catalogue of his fifty-four sketchbooks is now being made available for the first time. Beckmann used these largely unpublished sketchbooks, which span the period between 1899 and his death in 1950, throughout his entire active career. The more than 1,300 pages and nearly one hundred, now single sheets that have been linked to the individual sketchbooks are all illustrated, documented, and annotated. An introduction to each sketchbook elucidates its themes and composition. This catalogue raisonné presents new information about Beckmanns working method and provides unique insight into his thoughts as a painter. The analysis and publication of the sketchbooks closes a large gap in the study of Beckmanns oeuvre