| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Beckmann, Max |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Beck·mann |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  b k män |
| DATES: | 1884–1950 |
| German artist whose early expressionistic manner yielded to his lasting style, the painting of brutal, often grotesque figurative canvases, such as Night (1919).
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