..[war] in itself is one of the manifestations of life, lik… - Max Beckmann

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..[war] in itself is one of the manifestations of life, like disease, love, and lust. And just as I follow fear, disease, lust, love, and hate to their utmost limits, well, now I am trying war. It is all life, wonderfully various and rich in inspiration.

Max Beckmann

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Max Beckmann (February 12, 1884 – December 28, 1950) was a German painter and print-maker. Although he is classified as an Expressionist artist, he rejected both the term and the movement. In the 1920s Beckmann was temporarily and wrongly associated with German New Objectivity (Neue Sachlichkeit).

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Alternative Names: Max Beckman • Max Carl Friedrich Beckmann • m. beckmann • Beckmann

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