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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
German Expressionist Painter and Sculptor, 1880-1938 was a German expressionist painter and printmaker and one of the founders of the artists group Die Brucke or "The Bridge", a key group leading to the foundation of Expressionism in 20th century art. He volunteered for army service in the First World War, but soon suffered a breakdown and was discharged. In 1933, his work was branded as "degenerate" by the Nazis and in 1937 over 600 of his works were sold or destroyed. In 1938 he committed suicide. In 1913, the first public showing of Kirchner's work took place at the Armory Show, which was also the first major display of modern art in America. In 1921, U.S. museums began to acquire his work and did so increasingly thereafter. His first solo show was at the Detroit Institute of Arts in 1937. In 1992, the National Gallery of Art, Washington, held a monographic show, using its existing collection; a major international loan exhibition took place in 2003. In November 2006 at Christie's, Kirchner's Street Scene, Berlin (1913) fetched $38 million, a record for the artist.
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Painting ID:: 86308
Kummeralp Mountain and Two Sheds
Date 1920(1920)
Medium Oil and encaustic on canvas
Dimensions 98.4 x 120 cm (38.7 x 47.2 in)
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Painting ID:: 87585
Mountain-atelier
Oil on Carvan - 90 x 120 cm
ca 1937
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Painting ID:: 89309
Der rote Turm in Halle
1915
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 120 x 91 cm (47.2 x 35.8 in)
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Painting ID:: 89369
Rhaetian Railway, Davos
1917(1917)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 94 x 94 cm (37 x 37 in)
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Painting ID:: 90138
Variete
English dance couple, Oil on canvas, 151 x 120 cm, Städel Museum, Inv. Nr. 2151
Date 1912/1913
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
German Expressionist Painter and Sculptor, 1880-1938 was a German expressionist painter and printmaker and one of the founders of the artists group Die Brucke or "The Bridge", a key group leading to the foundation of Expressionism in 20th century art. He volunteered for army service in the First World War, but soon suffered a breakdown and was discharged. In 1933, his work was branded as "degenerate" by the Nazis and in 1937 over 600 of his works were sold or destroyed. In 1938 he committed suicide. In 1913, the first public showing of Kirchner's work took place at the Armory Show, which was also the first major display of modern art in America. In 1921, U.S. museums began to acquire his work and did so increasingly thereafter. His first solo show was at the Detroit Institute of Arts in 1937. In 1992, the National Gallery of Art, Washington, held a monographic show, using its existing collection; a major international loan exhibition took place in 2003. In November 2006 at Christie's, Kirchner's Street Scene, Berlin (1913) fetched $38 million, a record for the artist.
. Related Artists to Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: | Byzantine Painter | Matthaus Gunther | Sergey Ivanovich Svetoslavsky | Gillis Hafstrom | MOLENAER, Jan Miense |
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