Street Scene with an Omnibus
Medium
drypoint and etching with tonal biting
Dimensions
overall: 27.2 x 23.3 cm (10 11/16 x 9 3/16 in.) image: 27 x 23.1 cm (10 5/8 x 9 1/8 in.) sheet: 37.3 x 27.3 cm (14 11/16 x 10 3/4 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen
Accession Number
2012.92.45
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...