{"title":"Pechstein, H. Max","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHermann Max Pechstein (1881-1955)\u003c\/strong\u003e was a German expressionist painter and printmaker and a member of the Die Brücke group. He fought on the Western Front during World War I and his art was classified as Degenerate Art by the Nazis. More than 300 paintings were removed from German Museums during the Nazi era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePechstein was born in Zwickau, the son of a craftsman who worked in a textile mill. The family of eight lived on the father's salary. An early contact with the art of Vincent van Gogh stimulated Pechstein's development toward expressionism. He first worked as a decorator in his hometown before enrolling at the School of Applied Arts and then at the Royal Art Academy in Dresden, where he met the painter Otto Gussman and the architect Wilhelm Kreis. It was here, starting in 1902, that he became a pupil of Gussmann; a relationship that lasted until 1906 when Pechstein met Erich Heckel and was invited to join the art group Die Brücke. He was the only member to have received formal art training. He was an active member of the Brücke until 1910 and often worked alongside Brücke painters, creating a homogeneous style of this period. In 1905 he was in Dresden where the museum of ethnology showed wood carvings from the South Seas. As a result he developed his first woodcut.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1907 Pechstein travelled to Italy to receive an award, and upon his return in 1908 spent time in Paris where he met the Fauvist painter Kees van Dongen whom he persuaded to join Die Brücke. Later that year Pechstein moved to Berlin (a move that fellow painters were to make in the following three years). After being categorically rejected from exhibiting in the Berlin Secession in 1910, he helped to found and became chairman of the New Secession and gained recognition for his decorative and colourful prints that were inspired by the art of Van Gogh, Matisse, and the Fauves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1912, after years of rising tensions, Pechstein was expelled from the Brücke after exhibiting some of his work in the aforementioned Berlin Secession all by himself and without paintings of other members of the Brücke. This expulsion was a relatively happy one as Pechstein had been receiving rewards and recognition far beyond his peers owing to his conservative style that appealed to a wider audience. This recognition only distanced him from the group and bred animosity among the members. His paintings eventually became more primitivist, incorporating thick black lines and angular figures. Looking for inspiration, he traveled to Palau in the Pacific Ocean. Upon the outbreak of World War I, Pechstein was interned in Japan and returned to Germany via Shanghai, Manila, and New York. He was sent to fight on the Western Front (World War I) in 1916. Despite his notably conservative stance and style, after the German Revolution of 1918-19, Pechstein joined two radical socialist groups: the Arbeitsrat für Kunst and the November Group (German). Beginning in 1922, Pechstein became a professor at the Berlin Academy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeginning in 1933, Pechstein was vilified by the Nazis because of his art. He was banned from painting or exhibiting his art and later that year was fired from his teaching position. A total of 326 of his paintings were removed from German museums. Sixteen of his works were displayed in the Entartete Kunst (Degenerate Art) exhibition of 1937. During this time, Pechstein went into seclusion in rural Pomerania. He was reinstated in 1945, and subsequently won numerous titles and awards for his work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMany of Pechstein's collectors were Jews whose collections were seized by the Nazis or lost owing to Nazi persecution. In May 2013 the Bavarian State Paintings Collections agreed to restitute Pechstein's White House, (1910) and his Meadow Valley (1911) to the heirs of Curt Glaser. In July 2021, France decided to restitute to the heirs of Hugo Simon the Pechstein entitled Nus dans un paysage. In 2023, Christie's brokered a settlement with the heirs of Robert Graetz, a Jewish textile industrialist and art collector who was deported and murdered by the Nazis, concerning Still Life With a Cup, which Graetz's daughter sold as a refugee in South Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe was a prolific printmaker, producing 421 lithographs, 315 woodcuts and linocuts, and 165 intaglio prints, mostly etchings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePechstein was married to Charlotte Karpolat from 1911 until 1923 and later was married to Marta Möller. He died in West Berlin and is buried in the Evangelischer Friedhof Alt-Schmargendorf in Berlin.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"max-pechstein-17-high-resolution-images","title":"Max Pechstein 17 High Resolution Images","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eMax Pechstein’s paintings captivate with bold colours and expressive brushwork, reflecting the vibrancy and emotional intensity of early twentieth-century German Expressionism. His works invite contemplation and inspire curiosity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis download features 17 hi-res images, in JPEG format, by the German Expressionist artist Max Pechstein.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe images are all 600dpi and range in size from 3000 pixels wide\/tall to 6110 pixels wide\/tall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pictures are out of copyright and in the public domain, so you are free to use them in whatever way you’d like, including commercial use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHermann Max Pechstein (1881-1955)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas a German expressionist painter and printmaker and a member of the Die Brücke group. He fought on the Western Front during World War I and his art was classified as Degenerate Art by the Nazis. More than 300 paintings were removed from German Museums during the Nazi era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePechstein was born in Zwickau, the son of a craftsman who worked in a textile mill. The family of eight lived on the father's salary. An early contact with the art of Vincent van Gogh stimulated Pechstein's development toward expressionism. He first worked as a decorator in his hometown before enrolling at the School of Applied Arts and then at the Royal Art Academy in Dresden, where he met the painter Otto Gussman and the architect Wilhelm Kreis. It was here, starting in 1902, that he became a pupil of Gussmann; a relationship that lasted until 1906 when Pechstein met Erich Heckel and was invited to join the art group Die Brücke. He was the only member to have received formal art training. He was an active member of the Brücke until 1910 and often worked alongside Brücke painters, creating a homogeneous style of this period. In 1905 he was in Dresden where the museum of ethnology showed wood carvings from the South Seas. As a result he developed his first woodcut.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1907 Pechstein travelled to Italy to receive an award, and upon his return in 1908 spent time in Paris where he met the Fauvist painter Kees van Dongen whom he persuaded to join Die Brücke. Later that year Pechstein moved to Berlin (a move that fellow painters were to make in the following three years). After being categorically rejected from exhibiting in the Berlin Secession in 1910, he helped to found and became chairman of the New Secession and gained recognition for his decorative and colourful prints that were inspired by the art of Van Gogh, Matisse, and the Fauves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1912, after years of rising tensions, Pechstein was expelled from the Brücke after exhibiting some of his work in the aforementioned Berlin Secession all by himself and without paintings of other members of the Brücke. This expulsion was a relatively happy one as Pechstein had been receiving rewards and recognition far beyond his peers owing to his conservative style that appealed to a wider audience. This recognition only distanced him from the group and bred animosity among the members. His paintings eventually became more primitivist, incorporating thick black lines and angular figures. Looking for inspiration, he traveled to Palau in the Pacific Ocean. Upon the outbreak of World War I, Pechstein was interned in Japan and returned to Germany via Shanghai, Manila, and New York. He was sent to fight on the Western Front (World War I) in 1916. Despite his notably conservative stance and style, after the German Revolution of 1918-19, Pechstein joined two radical socialist groups: the Arbeitsrat für Kunst and the November Group (German). Beginning in 1922, Pechstein became a professor at the Berlin Academy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeginning in 1933, Pechstein was vilified by the Nazis because of his art. He was banned from painting or exhibiting his art and later that year was fired from his teaching position. A total of 326 of his paintings were removed from German museums. Sixteen of his works were displayed in the Entartete Kunst (Degenerate Art) exhibition of 1937. During this time, Pechstein went into seclusion in rural Pomerania. He was reinstated in 1945, and subsequently won numerous titles and awards for his work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMany of Pechstein's collectors were Jews whose collections were seized by the Nazis or lost owing to Nazi persecution. In May 2013, the Bavarian State Paintings Collections agreed to restitute Pechstein's White House (1910) and his Meadow Valley (1911) to the heirs of Curt Glaser. In July 2021, France decided to restitute to the heirs of Hugo Simon the Pechstein entitled Nus dans un paysage. In 2023, Christie's brokered a settlement with the heirs of Robert Graetz, a Jewish textile industrialist and art collector who was deported and murdered by the Nazis, concerning Still Life With a Cup, which Graetz's daughter sold as a refugee in South Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe was a prolific printmaker, producing 421 lithographs, 315 woodcuts and linocuts, and 165 intaglio prints, mostly etchings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePechstein was married to Charlotte Karpolat from 1911 until 1923 and later was married to Marta Möller. He died in West Berlin and is buried in the Evangelischer Friedhof Alt-Schmargendorf in Berlin.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Digital Download - 17 images","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53608540602698,"sku":null,"price":3.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/files\/Max_Pechstein_17_High_Resolution_Images.jpg?v=1767259089"},{"product_id":"pechstein-max-1881-1955-girl-in-red-with-a-parasol-1909","title":"Pechstein, Max (1881-1955) - Girl in Red with a Parasol 1909","description":"\u003cp\u003eArtwork by the German Expressionist artist Max Pechstein.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis download consists of 1 image, in JPEG format, that is 600dpi and 4725 pixels wide by 4711 pixels tall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe picture is out of copyright and in the public domain, so you are free to use it in whatever way you'd like, including commercial use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead more about \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/pechstein-h-max\" title=\"Max Pechstein\"\u003eMax Pechstein\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Digital Download - 1 image","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53608641462602,"sku":null,"price":0.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/files\/Pechstein_Max_1881-1955_-GirlinRedwithaParasol1909_main.jpg?v=1767259147"},{"product_id":"new-for-2026-bundle","title":"New for 2026 - 476 Image Value Bundle","description":"\u003cp\u003eHere we have bundled together works from artists who enter the public domain on 1st January 2026. 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