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Max Pechstein
Artist's Name: Max Pechstein
Preferred medium: painting
birth year: 1881
Nationality: DE
City: Berlin

Max Pechstein - Profile

Hermann Max Pechstein (December 31, 1881 - June 29, 1955), was a German expressionist painter and printmaker, and a member of Die Brücke group. Max Pechstein was born in Zwickau. Early contact with the art of Vincent Van Gogh stimulated his development toward expressionism. After studying art in Dresden, Pechstein met Erich Heckel and joined the art group Die Brücke 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 primitive, incorporating thick black lines and angular figures. Beginning in 1933, Pechstein was vilified by the Nazis because of his art. 326 of his paintings were removed from German museums. 16 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. (Wikipedia)

important exhibitions from Max Pechstein

Exhibition Location City Country Date
Expressionism: The Graphic Impulse MoMA - Museum of Modern Art New York US 27.03.2011
Ein Zwickauer zu Gast in Bayreuth! Kunstmuseum Bayreuth Bayreuth DE 29.10.2011
Der Blick auf Fränzi und Marcella Sprengel Museum Hannover Hannover DE 29.08.2010
DIE SAMMLUNG FORBERG Albertina Wien AT 21.10.2011
Collateral Damage: Scenes from a War The Minneapolis Institute of Arts Minneapolis US 02.04.2011
just what is it... ZKM - Museum für Neue Kunst Karlsruhe DE 05.12.2009
True Romance Kunsthalle Wien Wien AT 05.10.2007
25 Jahre! Sammlung Henri Nannen und Überraschungs-Gäste Kunsthalle Emden Emden DE 08.10.2011
Living Landscapes: A Journey through German Art National Art Museum of China, Peking Peking CN 15.05.2008
Berlin-Tokyo / Tokyo-Berlin Mori Art Museum Tokyo JP 28.01.2006

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Max Pechstein

Galleries representing
Max Pechstein:

Fischer Kunsthandel
Galerie Glöckner
Galerie Ludorff
Galerie Neher
Galerie Schwarzer
Galerie St. Etienne
Galerie Thomas
Jörg Maass Kunsthandel
Kunsthandel Wolfgang Werner

Collections representing
Max Pechstein

Ateneum Art Museum
Brücke Museum Berlin
Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne
Deutsche Bank Collection
Gallery of Fine Arts, Ostrava
Kolumba Kunstmuseum
Kunstforum Ostdeutsche Galerie Regensburg
Kunsthalle Emden
Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, LACMA
Märkisches Museum
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza
Museum Abteiberg
Museum am Ostwall
Museum Ludwig
Muzeum Sztuki w Lodz
National Gallery of Canada
Sammlung Arnd und Erika Siegel
Sprengel Museum Hannover
The Detroit Institute of Arts
Von der Heydt Museum
Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum