Max Pechstein: The Rise and Fall of Expressionism

Max Pechstein (1881 1955) is one of the most prominent German artists of the twentieth century, not least because of his crucial role in the breakthrough of German Expressionism. This long overdue biography combines the portrayal of an outstanding artistic personality with the story of an individual German who struggled through the political upheavals of his time. Pechstein's work is presented in the cultural context of museum politics and art associations, art dealers and critics, market forces and cultural trends. Content: An artist in the making, 1881–1906 Pechstein and Die Bru?cke, 1906–1913 Paradise, war and revolution, 1914–1919 The Weimar years, 1919–1932 Life under dictatorship, 1933–1945 The final years, 1945–1955.