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German expressionism. A beautiful painting by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Sitting Lady

German Expressionism

ERNST LUDWIG KIRCHNER (1880-1938) German Expressionist painter. Kirchner is generally considered to be the founder of the artists group Die Brücke or “The Bridge”. The work of this group led to the start of what was later called “Expressionism”, as in: Expressionist art or German Expressionist art.

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Kirchner is generally viewed as the most important painter in German Expressionism. He was born in Aschaffenburg, Bavaria. He went to school in Perlen and Frankfurt. Later he studied architecture at the Königliche Technische Hochschule (Royal Technical University) of Dresden. While he was there he became friends with Fritz Bleyl. When Kirchner and Bleyl founded Die Brücke (“The Bridge”), two other architecture students also joined. They, Erich Heckel and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, would become important figures in the German Expressionism art movement. Die Brücke (“The Bridge”) stated in their manifesto, written by Kirchner that “Anyone who directly and honestly reproduces that force which impels him to create belongs to us.” After a very productive but relative short life, Kirchner committed suicide in 1938.

GERMAN EXPRESSIONIST PAINTERS

 

Ernst-Ludwig-Kirchner---German-Expressionist-painter-greyERNST LUDWIG KIRCHNER

German Expressionist painter. Kirchner was the founder of the artists group Die Brücke ("The Bridge"). The work of this group lead to what later would become known as German Expressionism.

Emil Nolde German Expressionist painterEMIL NOLDE

German Danish painter. Emil Nolde can be seen as one of the pioneers of German expressionist painting. An early member of Die Brücke  ("The Bridge"), Emil Nolde is considered to be one of the most important German artist of the 20th century

HUBERT ROESTENBURGHubert Roestenburg German Expressionism

German Expressionist painter, Dutch. Hubert Roestenburg became part of the post-war German Expressionist painting movement. He gained national fame as a child prodigy. Critics view him as the bookend to the German Expressionist painting movement.

AUGUST MACKEAugust Macke German Expressionist painter

August Macke was a member of the German Expressionist group Der Blaue Reiter ("The Blue Rider"), a group of artists united in the rejection of the Neue Künstlervereinigung München in Munich, Germany.

OSKAR KOKOSCHKAoskar kokoschka germanexpressionism

was born in Pöchlarn, Austria and studied at the School of Arts & Crafts (Kunstgewerbeschule) in Vienna, where he was influenced by his professor Carl Otto Czeschka.

Wassily Kandinsky German Expressionist painterWASSILY KANDINSKY

Wassily Kandinsky was born in 1886. He was a trained musician who didn't take up art until he was 30 years old. He was the founder of the artist group Der Blaue Reiter. 

German Expressionism

 

German expressionist painter Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Nollendorf square (Nollendorfplatz)

German expressionism, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Nollendorf square (Nollendorfplatz)

German Expressionist painter Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Portrait of a Woman

German Expressionism, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Portrait of a Woman

German Expressionist painter Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Tavern

German Expressionism, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Tavern

German Expressionist painter Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Fränzi vor geschnitztem Stuhl

German Expressionism, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Fränzi vor geschnitztem Stuhl