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Ernst Kirchner

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Fan account of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, a German expressionist painter and printmaker. 1880-1938 Automated #artbot thanks to @andreitr.bsky.social and @botfrens.bsky.social

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Ernst Kirchner @ernstkirchner.bsky.social · 9h

Bern with Belltower collections.artsmia.org/art/1420

City view of Bern with clock belltower.

Ernst Kirchner @ernstkirchner.bsky.social · 11h

Portrait of Carl Sternheim collections.artsmia.org/art/108738

abstract portrait of a man with his PR hand bent downward under his chin; small moustache; balding; verso: front page of "Der Bildermann," August 5, 1916, with lithographs of a smoking man talking on the telephone and a group of people around a newsstand, along with text in German
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880–1938) was a leading artist of the German Expressionist movement of the early twentieth century. A painter, sculptor, and graphic artist, Kirchner, along with fellow artists Fritz Bleyl, Erich Heckel, and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, helped found "Die Brücke" (The Bridge), a loose association of avant-garde German and Austrian artists formed in 1905 in reaction to the prevailing academic traditions of German art. The group’s manifesto underscored its commitment to the unrestricted freedom of artistic expression. Its collective style was characterized by bold colors, semi-abstraction, violent imagery, and emotionally evocative subject matter. Later members of the group included Otto Mueller, Emile Nolde, and Max Pechstein. Although "Die Brücke" disbanded in 1913, its principles and activities continued to fuel Expressionism as a driving force in the evolution of modern art, and for several years Kirchner took its trajectory to new extremes. Carl Sternheim (1878–1942) was a prominent German playwright and satirist and leading proponent of German Expressionism. He founded the Expressionist literary journal "Hyperion." The Nazi government banned Sternheim’s plays and short stories after coming to power in 1933 because of his attacks on the moral failings of the German middle class. A friend and longtime patron of the artist, Sternheim sat for his portrait during a period when Kirchner was recovering from a mental breakdown brought about by the horrors of warfare he witnessed while serving as an infantry soldier in the German Army in 1914 and 1915.

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Ernst Kirchner @ernstkirchner.bsky.social · 17h

Self-portrait www.wikiart.org/en/ernst-ludwig-kir…

Self-portrait

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Ernst Kirchner @ernstkirchner.bsky.social · 20h

Alfred Döblin www.harvardartmuseums.org/collectio…

Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Association Fund

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Ernst Kirchner @ernstkirchner.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Albert Square in Dresden www.wikiart.org/en/ernst-ludwig-kir…

Albert Square in Dresden

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Ernst Kirchner @ernstkirchner.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The Café www.wikiart.org/en/ernst-ludwig-kir…

The Café

Ernst Kirchner @ernstkirchner.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Two Brothers www.wikiart.org/en/ernst-ludwig-kir…

Two Brothers

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Ernst Kirchner @ernstkirchner.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Self-portrait with Model www.wikiart.org/en/ernst-ludwig-kir…

Self-portrait with Model

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Ernst Kirchner @ernstkirchner.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Head of Doris (Kopf Doris) www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollecti…

Head of Doris (Kopf Doris)

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Ernst Kirchner @ernstkirchner.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Boy with Arrow www.wikiart.org/en/ernst-ludwig-kir…

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Ernst Kirchner @ernstkirchner.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Woman before the Mirror www.wikiart.org/en/ernst-ludwig-kir…

Woman before the Mirror

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Ernst Kirchner @ernstkirchner.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Street Scenes www.wikiart.org/en/ernst-ludwig-kir…

Street Scenes

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Ernst Kirchner @ernstkirchner.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Shepherd Resting (Liegender Hirt) www.moma.org/collection/works/72463

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Cartwright

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Ernst Kirchner @ernstkirchner.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Modern Bohemia (Bohème Moderne) www.moma.org/collection/works/67442

Curt Valentin Bequest

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Ernst Kirchner @ernstkirchner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Portrait of Ludwig Schames collections.artsmia.org/art/7305

This woodcut head of the art dealer Ludwig Schames is one of Kirchner's most powerful portraits. It was commissioned in 1918 by the Frankfurt Art Association, a full year after Beckmann began exhibiting art in Schames's gallery. By this time Kirchner was living in a small hut in the Swiss Alps, recuperating from his devastating experiences in the First World War. Kirchner printed the whole edition of either 120 or 180 prints by hand, since he did not have a printing press. He created the portrait from memory, elongating Schames's severe features to fit the irregularly-shaped block of wood. The nude woman in the background is probably one of Kirchner's own wood sculptures. The force of the gouged marks and cross-hatchings, the uneven printing, and the unusual composition lend this portrait a sense of immediacy and expressivity typical of the best of Kirchner's Expressionist works.

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Ernst Kirchner @ernstkirchner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Station in Königstein www.wikiart.org/en/ernst-ludwig-kir…

Station in Königstein

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Ernst Kirchner @ernstkirchner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Tramway in Dresden www.wikiart.org/en/ernst-ludwig-kir…

Tramway in Dresden

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Ernst Kirchner @ernstkirchner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The Night (Die Nacht) (headpiece, page 34) from Umbra vitae (Shadow of Life) www.moma.org/collection/works/26681

The Night (Die Nacht) (headpiece, page 34) from Umbra vitae (Shadow of Life)

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Ernst Kirchner @ernstkirchner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Painter and Modell www.wikiart.org/en/ernst-ludwig-kir…

Painter and Modell

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Ernst Kirchner @ernstkirchner.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Portrait of David M., from the portfolio "New European Graphics, Portfolio V: German Artists" www.harvardartmuseums.org/collectio…

Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Mrs. Walter Gropius

Ernst Kirchner @ernstkirchner.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Cattles in the Spring www.wikiart.org/en/ernst-ludwig-kir…

Cattles in the Spring

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Ernst Kirchner @ernstkirchner.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Briggel: Albrecht, Peter and Marie Luise (Der Briggel: Albrecht, Peter und Marie Luise) (in-text plate, page 37) from Neben der Heerstrasse (Off the Main Road) www.moma.org/collection/works/13680

Gift of G. David Thompson

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Ernst Kirchner @ernstkirchner.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The Dance between the Women www.wikiart.org/en/ernst-ludwig-kir…

The Dance between the Women

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Ernst Kirchner @ernstkirchner.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Portrait of Ludwig Schames www.wikiart.org/en/ernst-ludwig-kir…

Portrait of Ludwig Schames

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Ernst Kirchner @ernstkirchner.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Chestnut Tree in the Moonlight (Kastanienbaum im Mondlicht) www.moma.org/collection/works/63027

Gift of Mrs. Donald B. Straus

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Ernst Kirchner @ernstkirchner.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Portrait of Dodo with Hat www.wikiart.org/en/ernst-ludwig-kir…

Portrait of Dodo with Hat

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Ernst Kirchner @ernstkirchner.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Station in Davos www.wikiart.org/en/ernst-ludwig-kir…

Station in Davos

Ernst Kirchner @ernstkirchner.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Dance Group of the Mary Wigman School in Dresden www.wikiart.org/en/ernst-ludwig-kir…

Dance Group of the Mary Wigman School in Dresden

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Ernst Kirchner @ernstkirchner.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Dancer in a Blue Skirt www.wikiart.org/en/ernst-ludwig-kir…

Dancer in a Blue Skirt

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Ernst Kirchner @ernstkirchner.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Three Nudes in the Forest [counterproof] (Drei Akte im Walde) [Umdruck] www.moma.org/collection/works/71719

Gift of Samuel A. Berger

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Ernst Kirchner @ernstkirchner.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Portrait of a Sick Man www.wikiart.org/en/ernst-ludwig-kir…

Portrait of a Sick Man

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Ernst Kirchner @ernstkirchner.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Brandenburg Gate in Berlin www.wikiart.org/en/ernst-ludwig-kir…

Brandenburg Gate in Berlin

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Ernst Kirchner @ernstkirchner.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Artist Begging for Applause www.wikiart.org/en/ernst-ludwig-kir…

Artist Begging for Applause

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Ernst Kirchner @ernstkirchner.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Reclining Female Nude www.wikiart.org/en/ernst-ludwig-kir…

Reclining Female Nude

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Ernst Kirchner @ernstkirchner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Mother and Children www.wikiart.org/en/ernst-ludwig-kir…

Mother and Children

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Ernst Kirchner @ernstkirchner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Head of Hardt's Son (Kopf Sohn Hardt) www.moma.org/collection/works/65632

Larry Aldrich Fund

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Ernst Kirchner @ernstkirchner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Self-Portrait with a Model www.wikiart.org/en/ernst-ludwig-kir…

Self-Portrait with a Model

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Ernst Kirchner @ernstkirchner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Bathing Women between White Rocks www.wikiart.org/en/ernst-ludwig-kir…

Bathing Women between White Rocks

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Ernst Kirchner @ernstkirchner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Street Scene with Little Dog (Strassenszene mit Hündchen) www.moma.org/collection/works/72447

Purchase

Ernst Kirchner @ernstkirchner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Female Cabaret Dancer www.wikiart.org/en/ernst-ludwig-kir…

Female Cabaret Dancer

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Ernst Kirchner @ernstkirchner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Circus Rider www.wikiart.org/en/ernst-ludwig-kir…

Circus Rider

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Ernst Kirchner @ernstkirchner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Street Scene: In Front of the Shop Window www.wikiart.org/en/ernst-ludwig-kir…

Street Scene: In Front of the Shop Window

Ernst Kirchner @ernstkirchner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Cake-Walk www.wikiart.org/en/ernst-ludwig-kir…

Cake-Walk

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Ernst Kirchner @ernstkirchner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Milliner with Hat (Modistin mit Hut) www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollecti…

Milliner with Hat (Modistin mit Hut)

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Ernst Kirchner @ernstkirchner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Nude Girl in the Bath (Nacktes Mädchen im Bad) www.moma.org/collection/works/72395

Purchase

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Ernst Kirchner @ernstkirchner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Lovers (The kiss) www.wikiart.org/en/ernst-ludwig-kir…

Lovers (The kiss)

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Ernst Kirchner @ernstkirchner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Two Figures at a Table; verso: Nude Female Figure www.harvardartmuseums.org/collectio…

Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Association Fund

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Ernst Kirchner @ernstkirchner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Landscape in Graubünder with Sun Rays www.wikiart.org/en/ernst-ludwig-kir…

Landscape in Graubünder with Sun Rays

Ernst Kirchner @ernstkirchner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Nollendorfplatz www.wikiart.org/en/ernst-ludwig-kir…

Nollendorfplatz

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Ernst Kirchner @ernstkirchner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Profile Head (Self-Portrait) www.wikiart.org/en/ernst-ludwig-kir…

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