About Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Davos

14 1/4 x 19 1/8 inches (36,1 x 48,7 cm)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Bergtannen am Hang

Black chalk on wove paper
22 1/8 x 14 3/8 inches (55,9 x 36,5 cm)

Our powerful, dense, large-format drawing depicts the steep terrain and the fir forest above the farm "In den Lärchen" on the "Längmatte" near Frauenkirch, where Kirchner lived from 1919 to 1923. In October 1918, after his release from the psychiatric sanatorium in Kreuzlingen, he sought healing and rest. He began his artistic work with renewed strength and great enthusiasm, capturing his new impressions in a veritable flood of sketches, drawings, and watercolors on the theme of "mountain forest" and "forest interior." Kirchner was absolutely fascinated by pristine nature, the mountain peaks, and majestic trees.

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Sich waschende Dodo

1908
Coloured crayon on wove paper
6 3/4 x 8 5/8 inches (17,2 x 22 cm)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Akt und Stilleben

Pen and ink and brush on sturdy wove paper
5 5/8 x 9 inches (14,4 x 22,4 cm)