Ludwig Schames Frankfurt a M Grafik E L Kirchner (Ludwig Schames Frankfurt a M Graphic Art E L Kirchner)
1919/1920
Medium
gallery catalog with woodcut cover illustration in black on blue paper
Dimensions
image: 17.8 x 14.6 cm (7 x 5 3/4 in.) book: 28.1 x 22.5 cm, 0.2 cm (11 1/16 x 8 7/8 in., 1/16 in.)
Classification
Volume
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen
Accession Number
2007.75.5
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...