Sjarel Ex about the purchase of a Max Beckmann

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Sjarel Ex
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Sjarel Ex

Sjarel Ex (1957) studied art history in Utrecht (1976-1983). He specialised in the early Dutch avant-garde and the artists and architects around the magazine De Stijl. In June 2004 Ex was appointed director of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam and since then has assumed final responsibility for the museum’s artistic and financial policies. Between 1988 and 2004, Ex was director of the Central Museum in Utrecht.
Beckmann in exile
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Beckmann in exile

In 1937 Beckmann and his wife fled to the Netherlands, after the national socialists declared Beckmanns art to be ‘entartete Kunst’ (degenerate art). In Amsterdam he found an apartment with a studio on the Rokin. Beckmann didn’t intend to stay in the Netherlands, but the outbreak of the war prevented him from leaving. The war years were difficult; Beckmann could hardly sell his paintings, he felt isolated as a German among the Dutch and he struggled with health problems. After the liberation life didn’t become easier for Beckmann. He needed to obtain a ‘non-enemy’ certificate from the Dutch government before leaving the country. His bank account was frozen and he was not allowed to sell any of his belongings. In this period Helmuth Lütjens supported Beckmann financially. Beckmann finally was permitted to leave the Netherlands in 1947. He immigrated to the United States, where he died in 1950.
Annemarie Lütjens
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Annemarie Lütjens

The young Annemarie on the painting is holding a harlequin doll and pointing at it with her left hand. This harlequin was added by the artist. Later, after the portrait was finished, Beckmann gave Annemarie a real harlequin, which looked very different from the one on the painting. In 2010 Annemarie Lütjens was interviewed by museum director Sjarel Ex for ArtTube.

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Sjarel Ex about the purchase of a Max Beckmann

In 2009 Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen could add an important painting of Max Beckmann to its collection, which the artist made when he was in exile in Amsterdam. It is a portrait of the Lütjens family, who owned the painting ever since. Sjarel Ex, director of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, explains how this masterwork reached the collection. In 2010 a interview was filmed for ArtTube between Annemarie Lütjens, the little girl on the painting and Sjarel Ex.