Max Pechstein

(German, 1881–1955)

Max Pechstein was a German Expressionist painter and printmaker known for his boldly colored nudes and landscapes. “Art is not a pastime, it is a duty with respect to the people, a public affair,” the artist once stated. Born Hermann Max Pechstein on December 31, 1881 in Zwickau, Germany, he studied art in Dresden where he met the painter Erich Heckel. In 1906, Heckel invited him to join the collective Die Brücke which had been formed a year earlier by Heckel, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Primarily working in the Impressionist tradition, after joining the group Pechstein began painting in a vibrant Fauvist palette. In a similar vein to Paul Gauguin, Pechstein became interested in primitive art from other cultures as an influence after visiting the Dresden Ethnographical Museum. This interest in the imagery and culture of exotic locales is evinced in his vibrant 1910 painting, Indian and Woman. In 1914, the artist traveled to the Palau Islands in the South Pacific so he could experience the culture first-hand. Pechstein’s art was deemed “degenerate” by the Nazi regime in 1933 and he was forced to resign his teaching position at the Berlin Academy, though it was reinstated after the war. He died on June 29, 1955 at the age of 73. Today, the artist’s works are held in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Albertina in Vienna, and the Von der Heydt Museum in Wuppertal, Germany, among others.

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Bildnis einer jungen Frau (Dora Steinbart), 1918

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Bildnis einer jungen Frau (Dora Steinbart), 1918

Sale Date: December 12, 2020

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Schnitter Reihe, 1927

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Schnitter Reihe, 1927

Sale Date: December 12, 2020

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Junge Frau mit Haarschleife, 1924

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Junge Frau mit Haarschleife, 1924

Sale Date: December 12, 2020

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Auf dem Lager, 1931

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Auf dem Lager, 1931

Sale Date: November 27, 2020

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Susanna im Bade, 1918

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Susanna im Bade, 1918

Sale Date: November 27, 2020

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Sitzender Mann, 1909

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Sitzender Mann, 1909

Sale Date: December 4, 2020

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Forêt - 1934, 1934

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Forêt - 1934, 1934

Sale Date: December 9, 2020

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Keitelkähne boats. 1920, 1920

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Keitelkähne boats. 1920, 1920

Sale Date: December 3, 2020

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Harbour in Bornholm with a windmill, 1924

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Harbour in Bornholm with a windmill, 1924

Sale Date: December 9, 2020

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Susanne at her bath (Design for a stained..., 1917

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Susanne at her bath (Design for a stained..., 1917

Sale Date: December 9, 2020

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Nach dem bad, 1920

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Nach dem bad, 1920

Sale Date: December 9, 2020

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Dancer in a mirror, 1923

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Dancer in a mirror, 1923

Sale Date: December 10, 2020

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View of the San Salvatore, 1925

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View of the San Salvatore, 1925

Sale Date: December 4, 2020

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Resting nude, 1910

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Resting nude, 1910

Sale Date: December 4, 2020

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Schneeballen, Götze und Schmetterling, 1917

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Schneeballen, Götze und Schmetterling, 1917

Sale Date: December 4, 2020

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Bauernhof, 1949

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Bauernhof, 1949

Sale Date: November 28, 2020

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Susanne im Bade IV, 1917

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Susanne im Bade IV, 1917

Sale Date: December 4, 2020

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Italienerinnen, 1945

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Italienerinnen, 1945

Sale Date: November 5, 2020

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Die Mütter, from: Boettcher Mappe, 1947

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Die Mütter, from: Boettcher Mappe, 1947

Sale Date: November 12, 2020

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Am Strand, 1922

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Am Strand, 1922

Sale Date: November 5, 2020

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Stillende Mutter, 1927

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Stillende Mutter, 1927

Sale Date: October 24, 2020

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Mutter und Kind, 1927

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Mutter und Kind, 1927

Sale Date: October 24, 2020

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Pommersche Fischer, 1923

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Pommersche Fischer, 1923

Sale Date: November 14, 2020

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Das Modell (Beim Ankleiden), 1917

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Das Modell (Beim Ankleiden), 1917

Sale Date: October 17, 2020

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