Max Hermann Pechstein (1881-1955) was a German expressionist painter and graphic artist, born in Zwickau. 1881 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... On White II by Wassily Kandinsky, 1923. ... A painter is a person who paints woodwork, walls, etc. ... Graphic design is the applied art of arranging image and text to communicate a message. ... Zwickau is a city of Germany, in the Bundesland Saxony (Sachsen), situated in a valley at the foot of the Erzgebirge, on the left bank of the Zwickauer Mulde, 130 km (82 miles) southwest of Dresden, south of Leipzig and south west of Chemnitz. ...

Between 1903 and 1906 he studied at the academy with Professor Otto Gußmann. Early contact with the art of Vincent Van Gogh stimulated his development toward expressionism. After studying art 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 primitive, incorporating thick black lines and angular figures. Self-portrait (1886) Vincent Willem van Gogh (March 30, 1853 – July 29, 1890) was a Dutch painter, generally considered one of the greatest painters in European art history. ... Brühls Terrace Brühlsche Terrasse and the Frauenkirche   Dresden? IPA: is the capital city of the German federal state of Saxony, is situated in a valley on the river Elbe. ... Erich Heckel (1883-1970). ... Die Brücke (The Bridge) was a group of German expressionist artists formed in Dresden in 1905. ...   Berlin? (pronounced: , German ) is the capital of Germany and its largest city, with 3,426,000 inhabitants (as of January 2005); down from 4. ... Self-Portrait in a Striped T-shirt (1906). ... Fauve may refer to: the French word for wild beast or big cat The Fauves, an Australian rock band Fauvism, a short-lived movement of early Modernist art This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Primitivism is an artistic movement that looks to early human history and non-Western or childrens art for inspiration and makes use of themes or stylistic elements from prehistory and tribal cultures. ...

In 1914 Pechstein traveled to the Palau-Islands in the South Pacific. He experienced life in a world which he romantically idealized as an earthly paradise without the restraints of European conventions. World map showing location of Europe When considered a continent, Europe is the worlds second smallest continent in terms of area, with an area of 10,600,000 km² (4,140,625 square miles), making it larger than Australia only. ...

From 1933 on Pechstein was defamed by the Nazis for his artistic work. Three hundred twenty six of his pictures in German museums were confiscated. In the exhibition Entartete Kunst (Degenerate Art) of 1937 six of his paintings, four of his watercolors and six of his graphic works were shown. He spent this time in seclusion in rural Pomerania. Watercolor is a painting technique making use of water-soluble pigments that are either transparent or opaque and are formulated with gum to bond the pigment to the paper. ... Pomerania (Polish: Pomorze, German: Pommern and Pommerellen, Pomeranian (Kashubian): Pòmòrze and Pòmòrskô, Latin: Pomerania, Pomorania) is a geographical and historical region in northern Poland and Germany on the south coasts of the Baltic Sea between and on both sides of the Vistula and Oder (Odra) rivers...

Pechstein was a professor at the Berlin Academy for ten years before his dismissal by the Nazis in 1933, only to be reinstated in 1945, winning numerous titles and awards for his work. The Nazi party used a right-facing swastika as their symbol and the red and black colors were said to represent Blut und Boden (blood and soil). ...

External links

Max Pechstein at Artcyclopedia