Beckmann & America

Frankfurt's Städel Museum (Germany) presents Max Beckmann's (1884-1950) condensed late work against the background of the last years of his life and his artistic production in the USA in a major special exhibition.

With more than 110 exhibits, including fifty paintings as well as numerous drawings, watercolors, printed graphic works, and sculptures, the show Beckmann & America offers a comprehensive survey of this important artist's fascinating last creative period.

After living and teaching in St. Louis from 1947 on, Beckmann finally moved to New York where he also accepted a teaching position and where he died walking through the city in 1950. From the point of view of the artist's evolution, these years on American soil were decisive: marking a new beginning for and a further development in his work, they will be the subject of a monographic exhibition for the first time.

Date: until January 8.
Location: Städel Museum, Dürerstraße 2, 60596 Frankfurt, Germany.
Opening hours: from Friday to Sunday from 10am to 6pm. Wednesday and Thursday from 10am to 9pm.

See some of the works in the following slideshow: