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Tightrope Walk by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Tightrope Walk

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner · 1900

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DETAILS
Artist
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Date
1900
Location
Neue Galerie
ART MOVEMENTS
Die Brucke
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THE ARTIST

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

1880–1938 · German Reich

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, a founder of the revolutionary Die Brücke group, reshaped German art with his raw, emotional Expressionist vision.

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NUDE AT THE MIRROR NUDE AT THE MIRROR Frauenkopf vor Sonnenblumen Frauenkopf vor Sonnenblumen 1906 · Museum Frieder Burda Female Nude (Dodo) Female Nude (Dodo) 1909 · Albertina Wrestlers in a Circus Wrestlers in a Circus 1909 · Cleveland Museum of Art Blue Girl in the Sun Blue Girl in the Sun 1910 Pfortensteg Chemnitz Pfortensteg Chemnitz 1910 · Museum Frieder Burda Burg on Fehmarn Burg on Fehmarn 1912 · Westphalian State Museum of Art and Cultural History Portrait of Alfred Döblin Portrait of Alfred Döblin 1912 · Busch–Reisinger Museum
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Crouching Nude in Shoes and Black Stockings, Back View Crouching Nude in Shoes and Black Stockings, Back View Schiele · 1912 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Beyond Kirchner and Die Brucke: works from the same years.

A Woman Walking in a Garden Same era · 1880s–1910s A Woman Walking in a Garden Vincent van Gogh · 1887 · Frans Buffa & sons Still Life with Crayfish Same era · 1880s–1910s Still Life with Crayfish Mikhail Larionov · 1900 · Museum Ludwig Houses of Parliament, London Same era · 1880s–1910s Houses of Parliament, London Claude Monet · 1900 · Art Institute of Chicago Et l'or de leur corps Same era · 1880s–1910s Et l'or de leur corps Paul Gauguin · 1901 · Musée d'Orsay Haystacks, Morning, Eragny Same era · 1880s–1910s Haystacks, Morning, Eragny Camille Pissarro · 1899 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art Jean Renoir Sewing Same era · 1880s–1910s Jean Renoir Sewing Pierre-Auguste Renoir · 1899 · Art Institute of Chicago Mademoiselle Nys Same era · 1880s–1910s Mademoiselle Nys Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec · 1899 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art Carmelina Same era · 1880s–1910s Carmelina Henri Matisse · 1903 · Museum of Fine Arts Boston
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