Art Directory - the information medium for art and culture
deutsch

Hermann Max Pechstein

Zwickau 1881 - Berlin 1955


Max Pechstein's artistic talent was discovered and encouraged at a very early age. His conventional career, first as an apprentice with a Zwickau painting master, then at the Dresden Kunstgewerbeschule and finally at the Dresden Akademie under the decorative painter Otto Gußmann, provided Pechstein with a sound craftsmanship.
His ceiling painting at the Dresden Arts and Crafts Exhibition in 1906, with such an unconventional colour scheme that the organisers had it sprayed with grey paint to soften the colours, attracted Erich Heckel's attention. He then invited Pechstein to join the artist group "Die Brücke" which had been founded the year before in opposition to Impressionism.
The group's aim was to "attract all revolutionary and restless forces" (Schmidt-Rottluff) and an emphasis of the power of colour in painting. In this environment Max Pechstein's Expressionist style developed further, concentrating on elaborating the focal point of the painting with a sparse painting technique. Pechstein moved to Berlin in 1908 and became a co-founder of the "Neue Sezession". He painted figures, still lifes and landscapes in a moderately Expressionist style. Perhaps it was this, which lead to the artist's early and continuing success.
From 1945 Max Pechstein taught at the Berlin Akademie der Künste. Before that time, during the Third Reich, he was slandered as a "degenerate" artist. Apart from paintings his oeuvre includes more than 850 woodcuts, lithographs and engravings.


No image
available
Emil Nolde
Am Meer
33,300 $
Details
Josef Scharl - Apokalyptisches Tier (Apocalyptic Beast)
Josef Scharl
Apokalyptisches Tier (Apocalyptic Beast)
19,980 $
Details
Pablo Picasso - L'Aubade, avec femme dans un fauteuil
Pablo Picasso
L'Aubade, avec femme dans un fauteuil
15,540 $
Details
Christian Rohlfs - Männlicher Rückenakt
Christian Rohlfs
Männlicher Rückenakt
9,990 $
Details
Lyonel Feininger - Vollersroda (Kirche in Vollersroda)
Lyonel Feininger
Vollersroda (Kirche in Vollersroda)
5,994 $
Details
Christian Rohlfs - Weiblicher Akt
Christian Rohlfs
Weiblicher Akt
5,550 $
Details
Erich Heckel - Zwei Frauen
Erich Heckel
Zwei Frauen
5,550 $
Details
Erich Heckel - Eucalyptusblätter in schwarzem Topf
Erich Heckel
Eucalyptusblätter in schwarzem Topf
4,440 $
Details

Advertisement
Auction Spotter Logo
The most important art auctions from all over the world at a glance!

Discover it for free
Advertisement
Fine Art Auction
show
&
bid!
view

Tom Wesselmann
Tom Wesselmann
Starting bid: 4,500 EUR

Privacy Policy Contact