Against the modernist tendency to dissolve the traditional genres, - TopicsExpress



          

Against the modernist tendency to dissolve the traditional genres, Beckmann remained a lifelong defender of classical genres: the depiction of the human figure—in the form of portraits, mythological tableaus, and acts—the still life, and the landscape. Famous as a painter of the human condition, he also renewed the genre of landscape painting with outstanding and haunting works that are virtually without equal in twentieth-century art -Kunstmuseum Basel exhibition notes Max Beckmann Riviera Landscape with Rocks 1942 oil on canvas 55.5 x 96 cm Private collection
Posted on: Fri, 16 May 2014 01:32:55 +0000

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