He also began to experiment with abstraction, reflecting his goal for “the participation of present-day German art in the international modern sense of style.”3 But the Nazis deemed Kirchner’s art “un-German,” and in 1937, as part of their Degenerate Art campaign—waged against works of modern art, which they seized by the thousands from museums and private collections—they removed more than 600 of his paintings from public collections. For licensing motion picture film footage it is advised to apply directly to the copyright holders. Once Kirchner moved to Berlin, in 1911, and after Brücke disbanded, in 1913, he found a subject in Berlin itself, newly established as a cosmopolitan metropolis. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (6 May 1880 – 15 June 1938) was a German expressionist painter and printmaker and one of the founders of the artists group Die Brücke or "The Bridge", a key group leading to the foundation of Expressionism in 20th-century art. By visiting our website or transacting with us, you agree to this. Introduction by Hillary Reder, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Drawings and Prints, 2016. Impelled, in Kirchner’s words, to express themselves “directly and authentically,”1 they rejected academic art as stultifying and searched for means to make work that possessed a sense of immediacy and spontaneity. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, (born May 6, 1880, Aschaffenberg, Bavaria, Ger.—died June 15, 1938, near Davos, Switz. Kirchner’s woodcut of four nudes moving tranquilly in a rhythmic frieze, Bathers Throwing Reeds (1909), typifies this period, embodying *Brücke*’s utopic vision of a world untouched by encroaching industrialization and other alienating forces of modern life. They spent summers together with their girlfriends on lakes near Dresden, allowing nudity and free love to reign, and conjuring this bohemian existence in their works. In their communal studio, decorated with non-Western art and erotic images, they made life-drawings from nude models in unselfconscious, informal poses. Felix Krämer (Ostfildern: Hatje Kantz; Frankfurt: Städel Museum, 2010), 21.
This record is a work in progress. He volunteered for army service in the First World War, but soon suffered a breakdown and was discharged. To find out more, including which third-party cookies we place and how to manage cookies, see our privacy policy.
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This exhibition pays tribute to Kirchner’s inventive genius with a focus on his highly individual approach to color, which he viewed as the fundamental building block to his paintings. Debbie Wye, Kirchner and the Berlin Street (New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2008), 20. We use our own and third-party cookies to personalize your experience and the promotions you see.
This record is a work in progress. He volunteered for army service in the First World War, but soon suffered a breakdown and was discharged. To find out more, including which third-party cookies we place and how to manage cookies, see our privacy policy.
If you would like to reproduce an image of a work of art in MoMA’s collection, or an image of a MoMA publication or archival material (including installation views, checklists, and press releases), please contact Art Resource (publication in North America) or Scala Archives (publication in all other geographic locations). Kirchner found in prostitutes an apt symbol for Berlin, where anything could be bought and the potential for intrigue or danger was folded into the experience of moving with the ever growing, anonymous crowds pulsing through the city. Comment on works: expressionist, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Ernst-Ludwig Kirchner, Louis de Marsalle, ErnStLudwig Kirchner, E Kirchner, L. de Marselle, E. L. Kirchner, L. De Marsalle, Ernest Ludwig Kirchner, Kirchner, Emil Ludwig Kirchner, ludwig kirchner, Information from Getty’s Union List of Artist Names ® (ULAN), made available under the, Read more about Ernst Ludwig Kirchner at our German Expressionism, Various Artists, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Erich Heckel, Max Pechstein, Vignette for the Annual Report 1910-1911 of the Brücke Artists' Group (Vignette zum Jahresbericht 1910-11 der Künstlergruppe Brücke), Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. For access to motion picture film stills please contact the Film Study Center. By visiting our website or transacting with us, you agree to this. Among them is Street, Berlin (1913), in which two finely dressed prostitutes with mask-like faces command the center of the street as indistinguishable men lurk in their wake.
This exhibition pays tribute to Kirchner’s inventive genius with a focus on his highly individual approach to color, which he viewed as the fundamental building block to his paintings. Debbie Wye, Kirchner and the Berlin Street (New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2008), 20. We use our own and third-party cookies to personalize your experience and the promotions you see.