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Hermann Max Pechstein Figurative Prints

German, 1881-1955
Pechstein was born in Zwickau, the son of a craftsman who worked in a textile mill. Early contact with the art of Vincent van Gogh stimulated Pechstein's development toward expressionism. After studying art first at the School of Applied Arts and then at the Royal Art Academy in Dresden, Pechstein met Erich Heckel and joined the art group Die Bru¨cke in 1906. He was the only member to have formal art training. Later in Berlin, he helped to found the Neue Sezession and gained recognition for his decorative and colorful paintings that were lent from the ideas of Van Gogh, Matisse, and the Fauves. His paintings eventually became more primitivist, incorporating thick black lines and angular figures. From in 1933, Pechstein was vilified by the Nazis because of his art. A total of 326 of his paintings were removed from German museums. Sixteen of his works were displayed in the Entartete Kunst (Degenerate Art) exhibition of 1937. During this time, Pechstein went into seclusion in rural Pomerania. He was a prolific printmaker, producing 421 lithographs, 315 woodcuts and linocuts, and 165 intaglio prints, mostly etchings. Pechstein was a professor at the Berlin Academy for ten years before his dismissal by the Nazis in 1933. He was reinstated in 1945, and subsequently won numerous titles and awards for his work. He died in West Berlin. He is buried on the Evangelischer Friedhof Alt-Schmargendorf in Berlin.
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Artist: Hermann Max Pechstein
Woodcut "Maske" ( Mask ) by Hermann Max Pechstein 1918
By Hermann Max Pechstein
Located in Berlin, DE
Woodcut on brownish-gray laid paper. Monogramed ‘HMP‘ upper left in the block. From a part edition of "Almanach auf das Jahr 1920 Fritz Gurlitt". Published by Verlag Fritz Gurlitt, B...
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1910s Expressionist Hermann Max Pechstein Figurative Prints

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Die Grosse Befehl - Illustrated Book by Max Pechstein - 1933
By Hermann Max Pechstein
Located in Roma, IT
Die Grosse Befehl is an original Rare Book illustrated by Hermann Max Pechstein (Zwickau, December 31, 1881 – Berlin, June 29, 1955) and written by Johanne...
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1930s Expressionist Hermann Max Pechstein Figurative Prints

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Paper

DER SCHATTEN II - Rich Drypoint - 1st State
By Hermann Max Pechstein
Located in Santa Monica, CA
MAX PECHSTEIN (1881 -1955) DER SCHATTEN II 1918 (Knupp 79, Fecher 143 I/ii) Rich drypoint, signed and annotated, FIRST STATE. Image: 8 1/4 x 6 inches on japan paper; 15 x 11 1/4 i...
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1910s Expressionist Hermann Max Pechstein Figurative Prints

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NACH DEM BAD (AFTER THE BATH)
By Hermann Max Pechstein
Located in Portland, ME
Pechstein, Hermann Max (German, 1881-1955): NACH DEM BAD (AFTER THE BATH). Krueger R 118. Etching and drypoint, 1920. Signed in pencil. Published by Die Schaffenden...
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Dialogue, from: HM Pechstein Woodcuts Zwiesprache: HM Pechstein Holzschnitte
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