Ludwig Schames Frankfurt a Main Bilder von E L Kirchner (Ludwig Schames Frankfurt a Main Pictures by E L Kirchner)
Medium
gallery catalog with woodcut cover illustration in black on beige paper
Dimensions
image: 16.8 x 13 cm (6 5/8 x 5 1/8 in.) book: 28.4 x 22.3 cm, 0.2 cm (11 3/16 x 8 3/4 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
2007.75.4
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...