From the Apocalypse

From the Apocalypse by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Medium

etching

Dimensions

image: 30 x 25 cm (11 13/16 x 9 13/16 in.) sheet: 52.5 x 35 cm (20 11/16 x 13 3/4 in.)

Classification

Print

Department

CG-W

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

Accession Number

2012.92.730

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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