Who painted “The Night”?

“The Night” was painted by Max Beckmann in 1918. Where to see it: Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen.

What to look for

Expressionism: clashing, unnatural colour, distorted bodies and faces, rough, agitated brushwork and an anxious mood; Fauvism uses colour just as freely but is joyful rather than tense.

Max Carl Friedrich Beckmann (February 12, 1884 – December 27, 1950) was a German painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor, and writer. Although he is classified as an Expressionist artist, he rejected both the term and the movement. Wikipedia

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More by Max Beckmann

“Quappi in a Pink Jumper”, 1934
“Self-Portrait in Tuxedo”, 1927
“Dream of Monte Carlo”, 1943
“Self-Portrait with Red Scarf”, 1917
“Young Men by the Sea”, 1905
“Falling Man”, 1950
“Christ and the Sinner”, 1917
“Descent from the Cross”, 1917