Beckmann | View of the Sea, 1928 02. It is a consummate style, in which he is able to set before us his whole experience if reality. Beckmann's greatness lies in the uncompromising insistence with which he translated his position in the world. He was a realist who could say with perfect truth: 'I have tried I put down m image of the world as clearly as possible'. But in contrast to the German neo-realists, he saw reality in it's widest dimension. " -Haftmann, Werner p228