Max Beckmann
German, 1884–1950 · 1929
Reclining Nude
Max Beckmann German, 1884–1950
Reclining Nude
1929
Max Beckmann's 'Reclining Nude' (1927) is one of his powerful Weimar-era figures — a woman stretched on a couch rendered in the blunt contour and flattened colour that the German Expressionist distilled in the years between the wars. Oil on canvas, Art Institute of Chicago.
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Image source: Art Institute of Chicago