Kirchner

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner - a radical innovator, a pioneer of new artistic form

German expressionist painter and graphic artist Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880-1938), co-founder of the Brücke movement, produced some of the most outstanding woodcuts and powerful expressionist works of the 20th century. Tragically, he committed suicide after having his work condemned as "degenerate" by the Nazis.

About the Series:
Every book in TASCHEN's Basic Art Series features:

a detailed chronological summary of the artist's life and work, covering the cultural and historical importance of the artist
approximately 100 color illustrations with explanatory captions
a concise biography

About the author:
Norbert Wolf gratuated in art history, linguistics and medieval studies at the universities of Regensburg and Munich. He took his doctorate in art history in 1983. In 1992 he wrote his professorial thesis in Munich on carved 14th-century retables. Subsequently he held visiting professorships in Marburg, Frankfurt a.M., Leipzig, Düsseldorf, Nuremberg-Erlangen, and Innsbruck. He has written extensively on art history, including the many titles for TASCHEN, such as Diego Velázquez, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Caspar David Friedrich, Expressionism, Romanesque, Landscape Painting.

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Kirchner

Wolf, Dr. Norbert
Softcover, flaps, 18.5 x 23 cm (7.3 x 9.1 in.), 96 pages, $ 9.99

Events (2 items)

Exhibition
Der Neue Stil. Kirchners Spätwerk
November 30, 2008 - March 22, 2009
Kirchnermuseum, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Platz, 7270 Davos, Tel.:+41-81-4106300, Switzerland

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Reviews (2 items)

"It is painstakingly designed and edited and is extremely good value."
Artists & Illustrators Magazine, London, United Kingdom

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Clippings (1 items)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner 1880 - 1938
Lehrerbibliothek.de, Germany, August 26, 2006

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	Brücke Color and clash: the height of German expressionism
	Expressionism Art history's most important movements and genres
	Kandinsky Wassily Kandinsky - founder and chief theoretician of abstract art
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