Jakob Bosshart: Neben der Heerstrasse (Jakob Bosshart: Near Main Street)
Medium
color woodcut proof on red paper for the dust jacket
Dimensions
image: 20.3 x 37.3 cm (8 x 14 11/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen
Accession Number
2012.92.692
Art Historical Context
**Ernst Ludwig Kirchner'sJakob Bosshart: der Heerstrasse* (2)** Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, a German Expressionist and co-founder of the Dieücke group, captured the raw energy of modern life in this vibrant color woodcut proof. in 1922, the image measures 20.3 x 37.3 cm and depicts Jakob Bossh near the bustling Heerstrasse (Main Street), likely evoking the urban pulse Kirchner knew from his Berlin years. By this time, living in Switzerland amid personal struggles, Kirchner channeled his bold, distorted forms and intense colors into prints that rejected academic realism for emotional truth. This p...
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...