Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
1880–1938 · Die Brücke, Expressionism · 14 works
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner was studying architecture in Dresden when he founded the Brücke group with three friends in 1905. Prints were central to his work: he made more than two thousand, printing almost all of them himself. In 1937 the Nazis removed 639 of his paintings from public collections. He died in 1938.
14 works · 1907–1914
1907–1909 · 8 works
Walk these 8Four architecture students founded the Brücke, German for “bridge”, in Dresden on June 7, 1905. Its artists worked side by side until 1913, picturing nudes in the studio, dance halls, city streets and bathers by lakes and the sea. Prints and drawings were central to the group. This room, lit for paper, shows Ernst Ludwig Kirchner’s prints and drawings.
In the museum: Die Brücke room · 5 works
1911–1914 · 6 works
Walk these 6In the museum: Die Brücke room · 5 works
Die Brücke · 13 works
Walk these 13Four architecture students founded the Brücke, German for “bridge”, in Dresden on June 7, 1905. Its artists worked side by side until 1913, picturing nudes in the studio, dance halls, city streets and bathers by lakes and the sea. Prints and drawings were central to the group. This room, lit for paper, shows Ernst Ludwig Kirchner’s prints and drawings.
In the museum: Die Brücke room · 9 works
Expressionism · 1 work
Walk this workIn the museum: Die Brücke room · 1 work
Alexej von Jawlensky
Murnau, 1910
Egon Schiele
Head of a Woman, 1908
Käthe Kollwitz
Sharpening the Scythe, 1905
