Max Pechstein

German · 1881–1955 · Painter, Printmaker

Hermann Max Pechstein was a German expressionist painter and printmaker and a member of the Die Brücke group. He fought on the Western Front during World War I and his art was… (Wikipedia)

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Hermann Max Pechstein was a German expressionist painter and printmaker and a member of the Die Brücke group. He fought on the Western Front during World War I and his art was classified as Degenerate Art by the Nazis. More than 300 paintings were removed from German Museums during the Nazi era.

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Born 1881, ZwickauDied 1955, BerlinOccupation Painter, Printmaker, DraughtsmanWikidata Q162105 ↗ULAN 500032015 ↗Museum works 12

Expressionism

Also known as H. M. pechstein, H. Max Pechstein, Herman Max Pechstein, Hermann Max Pechstein, m. pechstein, Max H. Peschstein, Max Herman Pechstein, max hermann pechstein and 2 other name forms

Works in museum collections

Open-access images (public domain, CC0 or CC BY) from museum collections, each shown with its credit line and licence.

Max Pechstein, Zittend naakt meisje op een gekleurd gestreepte mat — **Zittend naakt meisje op een gekleurd gestreepte mat**1910
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam ↗
Public domain · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam — public domain

Max Pechstein, Untitled — **Untitled**1911
Wallraf–Richartz Museum ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Wallraf–Richartz Museum

Max Pechstein, Two Girls — **Two Girls**1909
Germanisches Nationalmuseum ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Germanisches Nationalmuseum

Max Pechstein, Girl on a Green Sofa — **Girl on a Green Sofa**1910
Museum Ludwig ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Museum Ludwig

Max Pechstein, Two Female Nudes in a Room — **Two Female Nudes in a Room**1909
Museum Ludwig ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Museum Ludwig

Max Pechstein, Still life with Jews cherries and peppers — **Still life with Jews cherries and peppers**1906
Wikimedia Commons ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain)

Max Pechstein, Head of a Fisherman — **Head of a Fisherman**1922 · woodcut
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland — Open Access (CC0)

Max Pechstein, Women Bathing — **Women Bathing**1912 · woodcut
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland — Open Access (CC0)

Max Pechstein, Mother and Child (recto) — **Mother and Child (recto)**1919 · pen and black ink
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, The Mary Spedding Milliken Memorial Collection, Gift…

Artist record compiled from: auction results, Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

Max Pechstein

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