“I want to stay here [Amsterdam] for now, then maybe move on to Paris later on. For the interim, Amsterdam is not bad.”

—  Max Beckmann

In a letter on 4 August 1937 from Amsterdam, to writer and collector Stephan Lackner; as quoted on artists in exile http://kuenste-im-exil.de/
1930s

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German painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor and writer 1884–1950

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