The Wanderer
Medium
drypoint
Dimensions
image: 18.2 x 30.2 cm (7 3/16 x 11 7/8 in.) sheet: 28.6 x 43.1 cm (11 1/4 x 16 15/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen
Accession Number
2012.92.724
Art Historical Context
### The Wanderer by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Step into the expressive world of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner *The Wanderer* (1922), a compelling drypoint print from the Gallery of Art. Kirchner, a pioneering German Expression and co-founder of the Die Br group, captured raw emotion through distorted forms and vivid contrasts in the early 20th century. Created in the turbulent post-World War I era, when Kirchner had retreated to the Swiss Alps amid personal struggles, this intimate work (image: 18.2 x 30.2 cm) evokes themes of isolation and introspection, hallmarks of Expressionism's focus on inner turmo...
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...