Bern Kunsthalle: März 33: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: Davos
Medium
color woodcut on heavy wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 100.7 × 74.8 cm (39 5/8 × 29 7/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen
Accession Number
2012.92.139
Art Historical Context
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner's *Bern Kunsthalle: März 33: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: Davos* (1933) is a striking color woodcut poster announcing an exhibition of the artist's Davos-period works at the Kunsthalle in Bern, Switzerland. Kirchner, a pioneering German Expressionist and co-founder of the Die Brücke group, sought refuge in the Swiss Alps town of Davos from 1917 onward due to health struggles and political turmoil. This large-scale print (nearly 100 x 75 cm) captures the rugged mountain landscapes that inspired his later oeuvre, rendered with bold, simplified forms and vivid hues characteristic ...
About the Artist
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner · 1880–1938
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner was born on May 6, 1880, in Aschaffenburg, Germany, to parents Ernst and Maria Kirchner, part of a family of Prussian descent that frequently relocated due to his father's career as a chemical technician. After early schooling in various towns, he studied architecture at the Königliche Technische Hochschule (Technical University) in Dresden from 1901 to 1905, taking courses i...