Max Pechstein Prints and Multiples
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 Brucke 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 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: Max Pechstein
Frau und Mädchen (Woman and Girl) /// Max Pechstein German Expressionist Litho
By Max Pechstein
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Hermann Max Pechstein (German, 1881-1955)
Title: "Frau und Mädchen (Woman and Girl)"
Portfolio: Paraphrasen zur Samländischen Ode (Paraphrases of the Samland Ode)
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DER SCHATTEN II - Rich Drypoint - 1st State
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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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Die Grosse Befehl - Illustrated Book by Max Pechstein - 1933
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NACH DEM BAD (AFTER THE BATH)
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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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Weiblicher Akt
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Weib Vom Manne Begehrt (Woman Desired by Man) /// Max Pechstein Woodcut Modern
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Artist: Hermann Max Pechstein (German, 1881-1955)
Title: "Weib Vom Manne Begehrt (Woman Desired by Man)"
Portfolio: Deutsche Grapiker der Gegenwart (German Printmakers of Our Time)
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Year: 1919, (published 1920)
Medium: Original Woodcut Engraving on cream wove paper
Limited edition: 500, (there was also a signed and numbered edition of 30)
Printer: Unknown
Publisher: Klinkhardt & Biermann, Leipzig, Germany
Reference: "Das Graphische Werk Max Pechsteins" - Krüger No. 224; Fechter No. 157; Rifkind No. 2252; Söhn I, page 108-114
Framing: Recently beautifully framed in a modern gold moulding with 100% cotton rag matting and Museum Glass
Framed size: 19.69" x 16.13"
Sheet size: 12.75" x 9.5"
Image size: 9.88" x 6.25"
Condition: One small skillfully repaired tear lower left in margin. It is otherwise a strong impression in excellent condition
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Provenance: private collection - Kiel, Germany. Comes from the 1920 "Deutsche Grapiker der Gegenwart (German Printmakers of Our Time)" portfolio of fifteen lithographs, eight woodcuts, eight reproductions, and one lithographed cover by various artists. The artists who contributed to this portfolio were George Grosz, Ernst Barlach, Lovis Corinth, Richard Seewald, Heinrich Campendonk, Erich Heckel, Otto Mueller, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Lyonel Feininger, Conrad Felixmüller, Max Unold, Karl Caspar, Max Lieberman, René Beeh, Adolf Ferdinand Schinnerer, Ludwig Meidner, Max Beckmann, Richard Seewald, Käthe Kollwitz, August Gaul, Rudolf Grossman, Alfred Kubin, and Paul Klee. This very same work is within many permanent museum collections including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY.
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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.
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HERMANN MAX PECHSTEIN 1881-1955
Zwickau 1881 - 1955 Berlin (German)
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MAX PECHSTEIN (German 1881 – 1955)
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