Max Pechstein. Hermann Max Pechstein was a German expressionist painter and printmaker, and a member of the Die Brücke group.
Pechstein was born in Zwickau, the son of a craftsman who worked in a textile mill. 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 he became a pupil of Gussmann; a relationship that would last 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 and was an active member until 1910 where he often worked alongside Br ü cke painters creating a similar, homogenous style of this period. During this time in 1907, Pechstein traveled to Italy to receive an award and upon his return in 1908 spent time in Paris where he met Fauvist painter Kees van Dongen who he convinced to join Die Br ü cke.
Later that year Pechstein moved to Berlin. After being categorically rejected from exhibiting in the Berlin Secession in 1910, he helped to found and become chairman of the New Secession and gained recognition for his decorative and colorful paintings that were lent from the ideas of Van Gogh, Matiss
Pechstein was born in Zwickau, the son of a craftsman who worked in a textile mill. 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 he became a pupil of Gussmann; a relationship that would last 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 and was an active member until 1910 where he often worked alongside Br ü cke painters creating a similar, homogenous style of this period. During this time in 1907, Pechstein traveled to Italy to receive an award and upon his return in 1908 spent time in Paris where he met Fauvist painter Kees van Dongen who he convinced to join Die Br ü cke.
Later that year Pechstein moved to Berlin. After being categorically rejected from exhibiting in the Berlin Secession in 1910, he helped to found and become chairman of the New Secession and gained recognition for his decorative and colorful paintings that were lent from the ideas of Van Gogh, Matiss
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