Wolf Norbert - Kirchner - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880 1938) is regarded as one of the key figures in 20th - century European art. A Modernist to his bones he sent seismic waves through the art world with his hard - edged intensely colored paintings and disseminated his ideas through Die Br cke art movement and the MUIM - Institut school of modernist painting both of which he cofounded. Kirchner's work reconciled past and present through an Expressionist prism reflecting the latest avant - garde ideas in art while exploring traditional academic approaches and subjects. His works tackled social moral and emotional questions with a fierce intensity. Distorted perspectives rough lines and unusual colors were mainstays of his practice as well as a recurring interest in capturing the human form whether in frenetic city vistas such as Berlin Street Scene (1913) or in his famously decadent studio. In this introductory book we explore the stretch of Kirchner's career through Germany and Switzerland including his founding of Die Br cke and his inclusion in the Nazis infamous degenerate art exhibition in 1937. Along the way we ll encounter vivid landscapes stark nudes intense urban settings and above all a persistent emphasis on the emotional experience of painter and viewer.
Title: Kirchner
Author(s): Wolf Norbert
Publisher: Taschen Gmbh
Barcode: 9783836535045
Pages: 96 Pages
Publication Date: 9/15/2016
Series: Basic Art
Category: Individual Artists, Art Monographs