Paintings by Max Beckmann at Harvard's Busch-Reisinger Museum

Written by Christopher Givens Tuesday, 14 September 2010 20:16

Cambridge, MA - This installation features three major paintings by Max Beckmann (1884–1950) on loan from a preeminent collection of modern art in Europe: Dance in Baden-Baden (1923), Landscape with Tempest (1932), and Woman with Mandolin in Yellow and Red (1950).  On Exhibition 30 March through 6 January, 2008 at the Busch-Reisinger Museum.

Spanning nearly three decades of this important German artist’s career and providing a thought-provoking complement to other Beckmann works on view in the Busch-Reisinger’s galleries, these paintings allow visitors to examine aspects of Beckmann’s oeuvre not represented in the Museum’s paintings collection, including his early social satires, his enigmatic and politically charged landscapes, and his later depictions of women.

Organized by Laura Muir, Charles C. Cunningham, Sr. Assistant Curator of the Busch-Reisinger Museum. Paintings by Max Beckmann from the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich

The Busch-Reisinger Museum, at Harvard University, is America devoted to promoting the informed enjoyment and critical understanding of the arts of Central and Northern Europe, with a special emphasis on the German-speaking countries. Founded in 1901 as the Germanic Museum through the efforts of Kuno Francke, professor of German literature at Harvard, the Museum originally contained only reproductions, notably plaster casts of major Germanic, sculptural, and architectural monuments. Under the curatorship (1930-1968) of Charles L. Kuhn, the Museum developed into one of the leading collections of modern art from Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and related cultures. The Museum was renamed the Busch-Reisinger Museum in 1950 in honor of the related St. Louis families which had contributed decisively to its support.

Visit The Busch-Reisinger Museum at : www.artmuseums.harvard.edu/busch/

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