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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Also known as E. L. Kirchner, L. de Marselle, Ernst-Ludwig Kirchner, L. De Marsalle, Louis de Marsalle, Ernest Ludwig Kirchner, Emil Ludwig Kirchner

German painter, sculptor, engraver and printmaker (1880–1938)

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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner was a German painter, sculptor, and printmaker who lived from 1880 to 1938 and is considered a major figure in early modern art. His work helped establish Expressionism as an important artistic movement that emphasized emotion and distorted forms over realistic representation.

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Instance of: human
Given name: Ludwig
Family name: Kirchner
Gender: male
Citizenship: German Reich
Place of birth: Aschaffenburg
Occupation: visual artist
Educated at: TU Dresden
Languages spoken: German
Participant in: Documenta III
Field of work: visual arts
Genre: still life
Movement: expressionism
Conflict: World War I
Official website: www.ernstludwigkirchner.com
Image: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner - Selbstporträt in der Atelierwohnung in Berlin-Friedenau (1913-15).jpg
Work location: Nuremberg

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Commons category: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
date of birth: 1880-05-06
date of death: 1938-06-15
Commons gallery: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Commons Creator page: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
manner of death: Suicide
topic's main category: Category:Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
member of: Berlin Secession
name in native language: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
cause of death: gunshot wound
pseudonym: Louis de Marsalle
ethnic group: Germans
interested in: German colonial empire
different from: Raphael Kirchner

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36 objects attributed to Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (6 May 1880 – 15 June 1938) was a German expressionist painter and printmaker. He was one of the founders of the artists group Die Brücke or "The Bridge", a key group leading to the foundation of Expressionism in 20th-century art. Kirchner volunteered for army service in the First World War, but soon suffered a breakdown and was discharged. His work was branded as "degenerate" by the Nazis in 1933, and in 1937 more than 600 of his works were sold or destroyed.

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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

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