Quote of the day
This dead of midnight is the noon of thought,
And Wisdom mounts her zenith with the stars.
At this still hour the self-collected soul
Turns inward, and beholds a stranger there
Of high descent, and more than mortal rank;
An embryo God; a spark of fire divine.
Max Pechstein

Born: December 31, 1881
Died: June 29, 1955 (aged 73)
Bio: Hermann Max Pechstein was a German expressionist painter and printmaker, and a member of the Die Brücke group.
Known for:
- The Masked Woman (1910)
- Indian and Woman (1910)
- Badende in Moritzburg (1910)
- Girl in Red with a Parasol (1909)
- Nidden Coastline with Fishing Boats (1909)






