Family Picture, Max Beckmann

The setting bears a clear resemblance to the work "Before the Masked Ball", though it is much more chaotic. In this case, the artist portrays himself with a cigarette in his mouth, lying on the left, next to his first wife, Minna, who is standing looking at herself in the mirror.
Sorrowful faces dominate an atmosphere laden with anxiety, a reflection of the memories and events of the recently ended World War I.