Compoziție cu autoportret
1943
From the collection of National Museum of Romanian Literature
1943
From the collection of National Museum of Romanian Literature
Compoziție cu autoportret is a 1943 by Max Hermann Maxy, held at National Museum of Romanian Literature.
This drawing shows a group of four figures in a chaotic, twisted pose. The people are nude, with one person standing on their head and another sprawled out awkwardly. The background looks like a rough sketch of a room with a bed and a table, all drawn in bold black lines. The artist used a technique where they packed lots of tiny lines together to create dark shapes. It’s not smooth—it’s raw and uneven, almost like scribbles. Next, look up cross-hatching to see how this works in other art.
