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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880–1938) was a German painter and printmaker, co-founder of the Die Brücke group. He is known for angular figures, aggressive colours, street scenes and nudes; his work was condemned as "degenerate" by the Nazi regime. He died by suicide in 1938.

Co-founder of Die Brücke (founded in Dresden, 1905). Key themes in reviews: urban street scenes, pointed figures (often prostitutes), distorted perspective, nervous/acidic greens and aggressive colour, influence from non-Western/ethnographic art, clinical/mental-health struggles reported in reviews, labeled as degenerate art by the Nazis, died by suicide in 1938.

Two DeBaser reviews emphasize Kirchner's role as a founder of Die Brücke and his expressionist idiom: sharp lines, aggressive colors and distorted perspective. Themes: urban street scenes, prostitutes, alienation. Historical notes: work condemned as "degenerate" by the Nazis; Kirchner died by suicide in 1938.

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