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View of Basel and the Rhine by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

View of Basel and the Rhine

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner · 1927

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DETAILS
Artist
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Date
1927
Location
Saint Louis Art Museum
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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Beyond Kirchner and Die Brucke: works from the same years.

Lozenge Composition with Yellow, Black, Blue, Red, and Gray Same era · 1910s–1940s Lozenge Composition with Yellow, Black, Blue, Red, and Gray Piet Mondrian · 1921 · Art Institute of Chicago The Lineman Same era · 1910s–1940s The Lineman Ivan Puni · 1927 · Art Institute of Chicago American Gothic Same era · 1910s–1940s American Gothic Okada Saburosuke · 1930 · Art Institute of Chicago Bull's Head Same era · 1910s–1940s Bull's Head Mikhail Larionov · 1913 · Tretyakov Gallery The Circus Rider Same era · 1910s–1940s The Circus Rider Marc Chagall · 1927 · Art Institute of Chicago Lemons on a Pewter Plate Same era · 1910s–1940s Lemons on a Pewter Plate Henri Matisse · 1926 · Art Institute of Chicago Fleeing Ghost Same era · 1910s–1940s Fleeing Ghost Paul Klee · 1929 · Art Institute of Chicago The Blue Forest Same era · 1910s–1940s The Blue Forest Max Ernst · 1925 · Art Institute of Chicago
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