woman with a mandolin in yellow and red max beckmannThis expressionnist painting by Max Beckmann takes up a common theme in painting: the woman with a mandolin. Many artists have painted a woman playing this instrument, from Camille Corot to Pablo Picasso, via Georges Braque, Juan Fris or Tamara de Lempicka. Here, the model does not use the object to make music but poses lasciviously against it, her chest open to view. Would you like to buy another painting by Max Beckmann? Discover all our