Images of sphinxes from Greece are transported here. Both statues that are half man half animal have legs of a lion and the torso with breasts of a man, a woman. In the front cart there is one Sphinx with in the background two more naked hybrid human-animals with wings.
A sphinx is a mythical creature that occurs in different cultures. and sphinx was used in Ancient Egypt as a guard, among other things. The image of the sphinx was used to frighten enemies. Secondly, the sphinx was a symbol for 'the guardian of the sun'.
The Greek mythological sphinx occurs in the Oedipus myth. It also had wings and was feminine.
Max Beckmann (Leipzig, Saxony, Germany, 12 February 1884 - New York, United States 27 December 1950) was a German expressionist painter. In 1900 he began his painting training in Weimar. Four years later he settled in Berlin. He moved from Berlin to Frankfurt, where he became a special teacher at the Municipal Academy.
Beckmann is situated between the expressionism of Die Brücke and the anecdotism of the new professionalism or "Neue Sachlichkeit".
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