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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: Quick Facts

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Facts

Born May 6, 1880 • Aschaffenburg • Germany
Died June 15, 1938 (aged 58) • near Davos • Switzerland
Notable Works “Street, Berlin”
Movement / Style Expressionism • Die Brücke

Photos

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: Still Life with Jug and African Bowl
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Lucas Cranach, the Elder
German painter
Nolde, Emil: Cows in the Lowland
Emil Nolde
German artist
Heckel, Erich: Portrait of a Man
Erich Heckel
German artist
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff: Self-Portrait with Monocle
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
German artist
Bonnard, Pierre: Place Clichy
Pierre Bonnard
French artist
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Jacques Villon
French painter
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Georges Rouault
French artist
Marc Chagall
Marc Chagall
Belorussian-born French artist
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Hokusai
Japanese artist
Audubon, James John: Blue Jay
Robert Havell, Jr.
American painter
Amman, Jost: The Miner
Jost Amman
Swiss-born painter and printmaker
Everdingen, Allaert van: Swedish Landscape with a Waterfall
Allaert van Everdingen
Dutch painter
Edvard Munch
Edvard Munch
Norwegian artist
Albrecht Dürer: Self-Portrait in Furred Coat
Albrecht Dürer
German artist
“Battle of Alexander at Issus,” detail of an oil painting on panel by Albrecht Altdorfer, 1529; in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich
Albrecht Altdorfer
German artist
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Adolf von Menzel
German painter
Chodowiecki, Daniel: The Artist's Study
Daniel Chodowiecki
German artist
Pechstein, Max: Sunlight
Max Pechstein
German artist
Self-portrait, oil painting by Otto Müller, 1922; in the Klaus Gebhard Collection, Munich
Otto Müller
German painter
William Blake
William Blake
English engraver, artist, and poet

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