Max Pechstein, Port of Leba (Hafen von Leba), 1922, oil on canvas. Painting by Max Pechstein.

Max Pechstein, Port of Leba (Hafen von Leba), 1922, oil on canvas. Painting by Max Pechstein. Max Pechstein is considered today, as he was then, one of the most important representatives of German Expressionism. In spring 1906, he joined the artists' group "Die Brücke", which had been founded the previous year by Kirchner, Heckel, Schmidt-Rottluff and Bleyl. In the field of graphic art, he produced an oeuvre of over 850 woodcuts, lithographs and etchings in addition to his paintings