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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Zwei Liegende, 1917

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Zwei Liegende, 1917

Sale Date: June 4, 1994

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Das kalte Bad, 1928

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Das kalte Bad, 1928

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Kinderbildnis I (Frank), 1918

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Kinderbildnis I (Frank), 1918

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Yali III (Der Traum des Mädchens), pl.3, 1923

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Yali III (Der Traum des Mädchens), pl.3, 1923

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Venezianischer Palast (C  d'Oro), 1955

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Venezianischer Palast (C  d'Oro), 1955

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Venedig, Sante Maria della Salute, 1968

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Venedig, Sante Maria della Salute, 1968

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Bootshütten am Bergsee, 1925

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Bootshütten am Bergsee, 1925

Sale Date: June 4, 1994

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Dorfstrasse, pl.V, 1918–1919

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Dorfstrasse, pl.V, 1918–1919

Sale Date: May 31, 1994

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Portrait of the artist's son, 1917

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Portrait of the artist's son, 1917

Sale Date: May 29, 1994

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Kniender m,nnlicher Akt, 1909–1910

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Kniender m,nnlicher Akt, 1909–1910

Sale Date: May 28, 1994

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Frauenkopf, 1910

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Frauenkopf, 1910

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Grosse Kiefer am See, 1927

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Grosse Kiefer am See, 1927

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Im Wasser, 1920

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Im Wasser, 1920

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Mutter und Sohn, 1945

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Mutter und Sohn, 1945

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Titelblatt zu: Ein Dorf, 1918

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Titelblatt zu: Ein Dorf, 1918

Sale Date: May 28, 1994

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Baumblüte am See, 1930

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Baumblüte am See, 1930

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Schneelandschaft, 1932

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Schneelandschaft, 1932

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Stehender weiblicher Akt, 1918

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Stehender weiblicher Akt, 1918

Sale Date: May 28, 1994

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Frau beim Entkleiden, 1949

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Frau beim Entkleiden, 1949

Sale Date: May 27, 1994

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Stilleben mit Akt, Kachel und Früchten, 1912–1913

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Stilleben mit Akt, Kachel und Früchten, 1912–1913

Sale Date: May 27, 1994

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Stilleben mit Äpfeln, Birnen und Feuerlilien, 1919

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Stilleben mit Äpfeln, Birnen und Feuerlilien, 1919

Sale Date: May 27, 1994

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Frau mit rotem Kopftuch in rotem Kleid..., 1924

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Frau mit rotem Kopftuch in rotem Kleid..., 1924

Sale Date: May 27, 1994

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Badende I, 1911

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Badende I, 1911

Sale Date: May 27, 1994

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Stilleben mit Chrysanthemen, 1930

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Stilleben mit Chrysanthemen, 1930

Sale Date: May 19, 1994

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