Quappi in Blue and Grey, 1944

ArtistMax Beckmann, Leipzig 1884–1950 New York

Oil on canvas

(H x W)99 × 77 cm

Status

on display, room 026

About the workMax Beckmann was ostracised by the National Socialists and dismissed from his role as professor of painting at the Frankfurt Städelschule in 1933. In 1937 he emigrated to Amsterdam. This portrait of his second wife Mathilde – née von Kaulbach, whom he nicknamed “Quappi” – was realised shortly before the end of World War II. Beckmann noted his progress and colour changes in this work several times in his diaries, which spanned August and September 1944. During his exile in Amsterdam, Beckmann frequently painted Quappi; in most of these images she appears introverted and withdrawn.

AccessionAcquisition 1969

ProvenanceSeptember/Oktober 1944 entstanden in Amsterdam; Oktober 1944 Dr. Helmuth Lütjens (1893 - 1987), Amsterdam, als Leiter der Amsterdamer Zweigstelle der Kunsthandlung Paul Cassirer (N.V. Amsterdamsche Kunsthandel Paul Cassirer & Co.) zur privaten Aufbewahrung erhalten vom Künstler; 1944 F. W.W. Simon, Amsterdam, erworben über Lütjens; [...]; 1961 Catherine Viviano Gallery, New York; vermutl. 1961-1967 Stanley J. Seeger Jr., Frenchtown, New York, erworben von der Viviano Gallery; 1967-1968 Catherine Viviano Gallery, New York, erworben von Seeger; 1968 Roman Norbert Ketterer, Campione d'Italia, erworben von Viviano Gallery; 1969 angekauft von Ketterer, Campione d'Italia

Inventory number0.M1969.6

Contact

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