Dr. Ludwig Binswanger (Kopf Dr. Ludwig Binswanger)
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
1917/1918
Medium
Woodcut on wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 59 x 41 cm (23 1/4 x 16 1/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Purchased as the Gift of Nelson Blitz, Jr., and Catherine Woodard in honor of Perri and Allison Blitz
Accession Number
2008.61.1
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...