Max Pechstein, 1915.
Max Hermann Pechstein (Zwickau, Saxony, December 31, 1881 - Berlin, June 29, 1955) German expressionist painter and graphic artist. Biography
Formed in the Dresden Academy and the Kunstgewerbeschule, in 1906 he joined Die Brücke. He worked in a tempered expressionism influenced by French Fauvism painting, especially Matisse. In 1908 he moved to Berlin where he took part in the foundation of the Neue Secession, which led him to be expelled from Die Brücke in 1912. His favorite subjects are related to exoticism and union with nature, which is why he visited the Palau Islands of the Pacific in 1914. He was associated with "Der Blaue Reiter", being one of the members of the group that soon gained popularity. After World War I, in which he fought as a soldier, he was part of the "Novembergruppe", teaching at the Academy of the Arts of Prussia until the arrival of Nazism, which removed him from his posts and he was ostracized. In 1945 he was rehabilitated and worked as a teacher at the School of Figurative Arts.
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