Max Beckmann (1884 - 1950) is one of the great modern artists and is considered a powerful interpreter of the world and his time. Of primary interest to him was the human being. Max Beckmann: feminine-masculine is the first exhibition to examine in detail the often contradictory roles played by women and men in the works of Max Beckmann, one of the great artists of modernism and a potent interpreter of his times. With some 140 paintings, sculptures and works on paper, the show demonstrates the impressive breadth of this subject area in the artist’s œuvre while enabling viewers to come to a deeper understanding of Beckmann’s multifaceted art. Important loans from public and private collections in Germany and abroad – including the Max Beckmann Estate, the Saint Louis Art Museum, the Harvard Art Museums and the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam – supplement the Hamburger Kunsthalle’s extensive Beckmann holdings.

Curator: Karin Schick

Hamburger Kunsthalle