Henry Max Pechstein (1881-1955)

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Max Pechstein was born in the hometown of Schumann, Zwickau. From 1896 to 1900 he studied at the decorator, then enrolled at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts, where he studied from 1903 to 1906 Already during his studies he began to collaborate with architects, sozravaya Ffor their projects mosaics.
In 1906 he received the Art Award of Saxony, and it allowed him to go on a trip to Italy and then to Paris, where poizvedeniya Cezanne, Van Gogh, Gauguin and Matisse made a tremendous impression on him and where he met and became friends with artists, Fauvism .
Soon he met with Kirchner and Hekelem, who invited him into their group-based "Bridge" (he is the only team members received academic art education).

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In 1908, he was the first artist members of the "bridge" has moved to Berlin, where he joined the Berlin Secession, and, after his proposed work was rejected in 1910 founded the New Secession. His companions in the group "Most", the fact that he had violated their agreement billed only together, expelled him from the group. This, however, has not led to a complete break - he continued to communicate with Hekelem and Kirchner.

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In 1913-14 gg. he again traveled to Italy, then went to the southern seas to the islands of Palau, at that time the German colonies, which seemed to him an earthly paradise. After their visit in the works Pechstein appeared exotic motifs.
At the beginning of the war, he, like other artists of this time, was drafted into the army, but discharged in early 1917 as a result of nervous depression.

Returning to civilian life, he founded the November group. Later, he approached the circle of "Blue rider".

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In 1923 he began teaching at the Berlin Akazhemii Arts. But in 1933 the Nazis declared him a representative of a degenerative art. Of the museums were confiscated 326 of his works, and 16 of them were shown at exhibitions vyrozhdencheseogo art. In 1937 he was expelled from the Academy.
Significant number of his works were destroyed in 1944, when Allied bombing of Berlin. After the war, Pechstein lived in West Berlin and taught at the School of Fine Arts. In 1952 he was awarded the German Order of the Legion of Honor.

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Like other artists who have served or are close to the group "Most", Pechstein was busy lottery drawing. He - by 390 lithographs, 290 woodcuts and 170 forptov. All his prints he published a very small print runs, while willingly experimented, using colored paper and paint.

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