Dancing Couple in the Snow [reverse]

Dancing Couple in the Snow [reverse] by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 56 x 90 cm (22 1/16 x 35 7/16 in.) framed: 83.2 x 113 x 6.3 cm (32 3/4 x 44 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.)

Classification

Painting

Department

CMC

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Ruth and Jacob Kainen Collection, Gift in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art

Accession Number

1989.60.1.b

About the Artist

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner · 18801938

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...

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