Ernst Ludwig Kirchner ( * 1880 † 1938 )
Artist Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
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The painter Ernst Ludwig Kirchner was born on May 6, 1880, in Aschaffenburg and was one of the most important representatives of Expressionism.
Born the son of a chemist, he studied architecture in Dresden but decided against pursuing this profession, instead joining the Dresden artist group Brücke in 1905. Emil Nolde and Max Pechstein were also members of this group.
During this time, Kirchner developed from Impressionism to Expressionism. His favorite subjects were portraits, nudes, landscapes, cityscapes, and the variety show. Because he had little success with his paintings in Dresden, he moved to Berlin in 1911. However, his situation did not improve significantly there either. Yet, his paintings increasingly changed. The round shapes became jagged, and the colors lost their brilliance. Additionally, street scenes were added, which today are among the most popular paintings of this artist.
Max Pechstein, with whom he later founded a painting school, led a Brücke exhibition in 1911, in which Kirchner also participated. The painting school was not very successful, and when he also wrote a chronicle about the artist group Brücke in 1913, highlighting himself significantly, it led to a break with the other members, which in turn led to the dissolution of the entire group.
Kirchner spent his summer holidays on the island of Fehmarn, where a large number of his paintings were created. When the First World War broke out, he volunteered for service in 1915 but had to be discharged shortly afterward for psychological reasons and became dependent on medication. Despite his war experience and illness, he created large-format artworks in a sanatorium. His partner Erna Schilling sold his works in Berlin in 1917 while he himself lived in Switzerland and suffered from paralysis. She thus laid the foundation for his success and financial independence. Through a Swiss doctor and his wife, he managed to overcome his medication dependency. He was increasingly considered a difficult person.
In 1937, the Nazis labeled his works as degenerate. Over 600 were subsequently sold or destroyed. A year later, on June 15, 1938, he took his own life with a firearm.
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