Max Beckmann and Paris: The Exhibition Catalogue (Jumbo Series)
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Max Beckmann had an intricate relationship to the city of Paris. He came first to learn and second to become part of the international elite of art which included Picasso, Matisse and Leger.The first goal he achieved, the second he did not. In relatively simple terms (for authors dealing with Beckmann's complexity) this monograph, an exhibition catalog, seeks to enlighten the reader with regard to these two features of his approach. While speaking to his paintings and those from whom he learned, there is little of the analysis which his approach usually evokes. The writing is straightforward, the text clear and understandable to the lay reader. As another reviewer remarks, this is intended for the non-professional who already has some (though not very much) knowledge of the artist.It provides one with some aspects of the artistic interrelationship of Beckmann to a number of artists working in France as well as well as some sense of the people and places which made up his Paris.