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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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"From 1913, an oil on canvas now at the MoMA in New York, is this \"Die Straße\": elegant men and ladies dressed in Parisian fashion stroll along Friedrichstraße, the shapes are pointed, the faces caught in the act of seeking enjoyment but aware that this frivolous life is useless and destined for a quick end."

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