Max Pechstein, Port of Leba (Hafen von Leba), 1922, oil on canvas. Painting by Max Pechstein. Max Pechstein is considered today, as he was then, one of the most important representatives of German Expressionism. In spring 1906, he joined the artists' group "Die Brücke", which had been founded the previous year by Kirchner, Heckel, Schmidt-Rottluff and Bleyl. In the field of graphic art, he produced an oeuvre of over 850 woodcuts, lithographs and etchings in addition to his paintings

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German Expressionism embodies a variety of styles. Some more figurative than others. Where Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and Max Pechstein belong on one end of the spectrum; Emil Nolde and Hubert Roestenburg clearly belong on the other end. What all German Expressionist painters have in common is the way they express their emotions. It drives the way they paint. Vincent van Gogh can therefore be considered the fore bearer of what later became known as German Expressionism.

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Size: 3214px × 2509px
Location: THE BALTIC SEA, GERMANY
Photo credit: © Roman Nerud / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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