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9783791328775

Max Beckmann and the Self

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  • ISBN13:

    9783791328775

  • ISBN10:

    3791328778

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2003-03-01
  • Publisher: Prestel Pub

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Summary

This beautifully produced volume uses Beckmann's own words as an introduction to the artist's creative expression and his unwavering search for the self.

Table of Contents

``If you wish to get hold of the invisible, you must penetrate as deeply as possible into the visible''
6(5)
``To find one's `self' is the driving force behind all characterless souls''
11(14)
``I am quite pleased that there is a war''
25(4)
``Space -- space -- and space again -- the unending divinity that surrounds us...''
29(16)
``I have now prepared myself to be treated again as a nobody''
45(8)
``I opened my eyes and found I was in Holland, surrounded by the boundless confusion of this world''
53(20)
``You cannot conceive how uplifting it was for my soul coming to this peaceful country''
73(19)
``It is important and, really, probably the most important thing of all to remember that a work of art must speak the truth''
92(8)
Biographical Notes 100(15)
Endnotes 115(1)
List of Illustrations 116(3)
Selected Bibliography 119

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