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The Nice in Frankfurt am Main
From the collection of Kunstmuseum Basel. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
In Frankfurt folk speech, "Das Nizza" refers to a park stocked with southern plants on the Sachsenhausen bank of the Main. Gardeners trained around Nice had laid it out. A drawing dated 1921 of the right corner building is in the Städel Museum (Inv. 16340). Beckmann had lived in Frankfurt from 1915 until his summary dismissal from his professorship at the Städelschule in 1933. In 1937, this painting was exhibited in the notorious exhibition.
Kunstmuseum Basel’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineDas Nizza in Frankfurt am Main. 1921. Max Beckmann (1884–1950). Kunstmuseum Basel, mit einem Sonderkredit der Basler Regierung erworben. Public domain.
