Max Beckmann

Max Beckmann, born in Leipzig in 1884 and died in New York in 1950, lived in Berlin for several years, before going into exile in 1937.
His early works are marked by Berlin Impressionism, but by 1917 his painting expresses a raw verism, reflecting the tragic climate of war. Beckmann rediscovers the original language of German Expressionism: elongated figures, broken limbs, physical and moral suffering, a reflection of the 1914-18 war in which Beckmann participated as a male nurse. Later he adopts a more realistic style, which brought him closer to the current known as neo-objectivist, where Schlichter, Dix and Grosz also appear.
His work shows the social and moral crisis of Germany in the 1920s. Without falling into political propaganda, he clearly shows his opposition to Nazism.

Self-portrait in tuxedo