Max Beckmann Prints – Portraits, Still Life & Modern Scenes
Max Beckmann prints bring firm outlines and compressed spaces to portraits, still lifes, interiors and imagined scenes. Figures and objects often press closely together, giving even a familiar subject a concentrated presence. Browse unframed prints, framed prints and canvas panels, alongside Expressionist art and the wider still-life collection.
Portraits held within a close frame
Double Portrait brings two seated women into a tightly arranged space, their contrasting clothes and faces set against a pale background. Other portraits include individual sitters and self-portraits, offering different encounters with pose, expression and the surrounding room.
Objects with weight and sharp edges
Large Still-Life with Fish gathers fish, vessels and other objects within a densely packed composition. Strong outlines separate the shapes even where the space is crowded. The result differs from an airy tabletop arrangement, giving familiar objects a more emphatic presence. Explore still-life prints for contrasting approaches.
Rooms, work and imagined narratives
The Mill brings figures and structural forms together in a crowded, dark-edged setting. The collection also includes masks, animals, urban subjects and overtly symbolic scenes. These works offer several routes beyond the portraits, with each image organising bodies and objects into a particular relationship.
Related artists and collections
Compare the figures of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, the staged forms of Oskar Schlemmer and the objects and settings of Rudolf Wacker. The wider Expressionist collection and portrait art extend these comparisons.
Read more in our guide to Max Beckmann.
