Artist: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880 - 1938)
Nationality: German
Movement: Expressionism
Media: Painting
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Biography:
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner was born in Aschaffenburg, Germany and originally studied architecture in Dresden. In 1905, Krichner, along with fellow students Erich Heckel and Karl Schmidt-Ruttluf began the Die Brucke movement. His paintings incorporated angular forms, bold and contrasting colors, and expressive themes. Kirchner served in the infantry in World War I, and afterwards recovered in Switzerland, painting scenes of the mountainous landscapes. Kirchner committed suicide in Davos, Switzerland in 1938.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (100)
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts -
Artist: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Title: Portrait of Ludwig Schames Date: 1917 Medium: woodcut Dimensions: H.22-1/4
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Street Scene Etching 1915
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Kopf Sohn Hardt Woodcut 1915
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Cows in the Moonlight Etching with hand washes by the artist 1918
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Portrait of Dichter Sch. Etching on zinc 1927
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Woman taking off her shirt standing nude Etching 1915
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts -
Artist: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Title: Bern with Belltower Date: 1935 Medium: oil on canvas Dimensions:
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts -
Artist: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Title: Seated Woman Date: 1910 - 1920 Medium: oil on canvas
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts -
Artist: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Title: Dresden: Schlossplatz Date: 1926 Medium: oil on canvas Dimensions: H.47-1/4
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Strasse mit Omnibus (Street with Bus ) Woodcut 1926
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts -
Artist: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Title: Reclining Female Nude Date: about 1924 Medium: watercolor, graphite and
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Zwei Akte am Fenster (Two Nudes at the Window) lithograph printed on yellow paper 1915
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Tochter Sternheim (Daughter of Karl Sternheim, German dramatist) Woodcut 1915
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Zwei spielende nackte M‰dchen (Two Nude Girls Playing) Woodcut on yellow paper 1923
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Drei Akte mit Hund vor Bergen (Three Women and Dog in Front of Mountains) Woodcut 1928
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Schutzumschlag (dust jacket) for the book, Neben der Heerstrasse, by Jakob Bosshart color woodcut (black an violet on red/brown paper) 19th - 20th century
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner - Interior 1928 pen and ink Arkansas Arts Center German
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner - Two Nudes 1907 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art German
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner - Sandberge 1918 woodcut with hand-co Portland Museum of Art German
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner frontispiece for the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled, pg. 29, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner title page in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled, at end of table of contents, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Die Vˆgel ," pg. 45, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Die St‰dte ," pg. 19, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Die Nacht ," pg. 34, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Die Morgue ," pg. 5, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Allerseelen ," pg. 44, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Die Nebelst‰dte ," pg. 43, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Verfluchung Der St‰dte V ," pg. 30, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Die Hˆfe Luden uns ein... ," pg. 42, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Simson ," pg. 41, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Die Irren, II ," pg. 26, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Nacht III ," pg. 39, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Die Irren, III ," pg. 27, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Die Stadt ," pg. 32, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Frˆhlichkeit ," pg. 33, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Der Winter ," pg. 37, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Pilatus ," pg. 57, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Kata ," pg. 31, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Die Tauben II ," pg. 46, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Die Messe ," pg. 61, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Hymne ," pg. 62, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Die Meerst‰dte ," pg. 20, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Judas ," pg. 59, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Der Garten ," pg. 58, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Der Krieg ," pg. 3, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Die Seefahrer ," pg. 10, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Mond ," pg. 17, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Die Irren, I ," pg. 24, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
Museum of Fine Arts -
© Ingeborg & Dr. Wolfgang Henze-Ketterer, Wichtrach/Bern ; Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German, 1880-1938 Portrait of
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Umbra Vitae ," pg. 1, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Der Sterbende Faun ," pg. 35, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Mit Den Fahrenden Schiffen ," pg. 15, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Der Garten der Irren ," pg. 12, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Halber Schlaf ," pg. 36, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Hora Mortis ," pg. 56, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Das Infernalische Abendmahl ," pg. 48, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Die Schlˆsser ," pg. 21, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Die Stadt der Qual ," pg. 22, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Die Neuen H‰user ," pg. 40, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Die Blinden Frauen ," pg. 38, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Bemerkung des Verlages ," in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner - Panama Girls 1910 oil on canvas North Carolina Museum of Art German
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner - Modern Bohemia 1924 oil on canvas Minneapolis Institute of Arts German
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner - Houses in Dresden 1909-1910 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art German
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner - Dance Training 11/01/1910 oil on canvas Minneapolis Institute of Arts German
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner - Head of a Woman 1913 carved and painted o National Gallery of Art German
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner - Bern with Belltower 1935 oil on canvas Minneapolis Institute of Arts German
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner - Dodo and Her Brother 1908-1920 oil on canvas Smith College Museum of Art German
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner - Wrestlers in a Circus 1909 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art German
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner - Street, Dresden 1908 oil on canvas The Museum of Modern Art German
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner - Nude Figure 1907 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art German
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German, 1880-1938 Mountain Landscape from Clavadel 1925-1926 (?) Oil on canvas 135
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner - Self-Portrait as a Soldier 1915 oil on canvas Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College German
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© Ingeborg & Dr. Wolfgang Henze-Ketterer, Wichtrach/Bern ; Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German, 1880-1938 Two Dancing
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Alle Landschaften haben ," pg. 14, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Spitzkˆpfig Kommt Er... ," pg. 13, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Meine Seele: Gologangi Gewidmet ," pg. 52, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Die T‰nzerin in der Gemme: Robert Jentzsch Gewidmet ," pg. 55, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper
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© Ingeborg & Dr. Wolfgang Henze-Ketterer, Wichtrach/Bern ; Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German, 1880-1938 Sailboats at
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner - Standing Female Nude 1919 softwood Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College German
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner - Two Nude Figures in a Landscape 1913 oil with wax on canv North Carolina Museum of Art German
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner - View of Dresden: Schlossplatz 1926 oil on canvas Minneapolis Institute of Arts German
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner - Street on the Schoneberg Stadtpark 1912-1913 oil on canvas Milwaukee Art Museum German
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner - The Visit - Couple and Newcomer 1922 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art German
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner - Kummeralp Mountains and Two Sheds 1920 oil on canvas The Art Institute of Chicago German
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Book with 47 woodcuts (color) on cream laid paper, cream laid endpapers with woodcuts in pink (front and back); publisher's yellow linen binding with conti
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner - Seated Girl (Franzi Fehrmann) 1910 oil on canvas Minneapolis Institute of Arts German
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© Ingeborg & Dr. Wolfgang Henze-Ketterer, Wichtrach/Bern ; Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German, 1880-1938 Männerkopf und
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© Ingeborg & Dr. Wolfgang Henze-Ketterer, Wichtrach/Bern ; Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German, 1880-1938 Frau Professor
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner - Drei badende Frauen (Three Bathing Women) 1913 Hand-colored woodcut UCLA Hammer Museum German
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner - Mit Schlif werfende Badende (Bathers Throwing Reeds) 1909 woodcut The Museum of Modern Art German
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German, 1880-1938 Reclining Nude 1909 Oil on canvas 74 x 151.5 cm
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Ernst Kirchner - Portrait of Hans Frisch c. 1907 oil on canvas The McNay Art Museum German
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Ernst Kirchner - Seated Woman with Wood Sculpture 1912 oil on canvas Virginia Museum of Fine Arts German
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Max Ernst
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Josef Breitenbach - Max Ernst, Paris 1938 bromoil print High Museum of Art
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Eugen Kirchner November Aquatint and etching 1896
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Eugen Kirchner November aquatint and etching 1896

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"COMING OF AGE" also includes works by Erich Heckel, E.L. Kirchner, Oskar Kokoschka, Paula Modersohn-Becker, Edvard Munch and others. At the turn of the 20th century, the notion of adolescence as a distinct developmental phase between childhood...
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