Hermann Max Pechstein Vintage Die Brucke German Expressionist German Expressionism Contemporary Art French Village Landscape Oil Painting
Max Pechstein was born in Zwickau, the son of a craftsman who worked in a textile mill. Early contact with the art of Vincent van Gogh stimulated Pechstein's development toward expressionism. After studying art first at the School of Applied Arts and then at the Royal Art Academy in Dresden, Pechstein met Erich Heckel and joined the art group Die Brücke, in 1906. He was the only member to have formal art training. Later in Berlin, he helped to found the Neue Sezession and gained recognition for his decorative and colorful paintings that were lent from the ideas of Van Gogh, Matisse, and the Fauves. His paintings eventually became more primitivist, incorporating thick black lines and angular figures.
From in 1933, Pechstein was vilified by the Nazis because of his art. A total of 326 of his paintings were removed from German museums. Sixteen of his works were displayed in the Entartete Kunst (Degenerate Art) exhibition, of 1937. During this time, Pechstein went into seclusion in rural Pomerania.
He was a prolific printmaker, producing 421 lithographs, 315 woodcuts and linocuts, and 165 intaglio prints, mostly etchings.
Max Pechstein was a professor at the Berlin Academy for ten years before his dismissal by the Nazis in 1933. He was reinstated in 1945, and subsequently won numerous titles and awards for his work.
He died in West Berlin. He is buried on the Evangelischer Friedhof Alt-Schmargendorf, in Berlin.
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Hermann Max Pechstein
(1881-1955)
German Expressionist
Die Brucke
Person walking down an Avenue, in a Village Landscape
French Village, Mediterranean Coast, Southern France
Estimated at approximately 1932.
Painting is still housed in original era vintage frame
Measures approximately 16"HX 21.4"W; plus frame.
Nails hold the canvas to the wood stretcher bars
Painting has writing on reverse, non legible. (Possibly a title), upper left corner on the wood stretcher bars; starts start with "Die"; (writing is written in German). Possibly a notation to another member of the group. In large letters, in old graphite/pencil appears to state "PECH". Painting has light writing along lower edge; writing has faded and is illegible. Due to lack of complete full signature, painting is listed as an attribution to the artist.
Painting was lightly cleaned of old varnish. Some traces of old varnish lie within the paint brush strokes. There is a light impression line along the top of the painting, which could be restored set on a board backing. There has been no previous overpaints, or restoration.
Painting is in very good condition. Lower left edge of canvas is starting to separate from wood stretcher frame. There are a few lines that are noticeable upon close inspection, from age. Paint is stable.
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