Showing posts with label week 22 - Ernst Kirchner. Show all posts
Showing posts with label week 22 - Ernst Kirchner. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner ~ Portraits and Self-Portraits

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Although Ernst Kirchner's father had encouraged Kirchner's love of art while he was growing up when it came time for a proper educat...
Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Little Bits and Pieces of Kirchner

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A self portrait of 1928. Kirchner and Erna Schilling are lying on the bed, he is smiling. His students and models are in the foreground. Th...
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Monday, June 1, 2009

Ernst Kirchner ~ Landscapes from Switzerland

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In the post the other day, I mentioned the prevalence of the color blue in Ernst Kirchner's work. Winter Landscape by Moonlight is an o...
Sunday, May 31, 2009

Make Naked Art

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Come girls, come boys; Leave dank chambers, leave your toys, And bathe, now, in the sun's bright light: Drop quickly then your dull, dar...
Saturday, May 30, 2009

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner ~ Berlin to Switzerland, Style and Theme Changes

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Berlin Street Scene is the one painting most people think of when they hear the name Ernst Kirchner. Painted in 1913-1914 it preceded Fir T...
Thursday, May 28, 2009

Man is a Bridge and Not an End

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Nietzsche said "What is great in man is this: that he is a bridge and not an end." The writer's words may have been one influe...
Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner ~ Fir Trees

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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner painted Fir Trees in 1925. Kirchner is probably best known for having started the German group Die Brucke in 1905 wi...