Kirchner Basic Art

An introduction to the German Expressionist painter, graphic artist and sculptor who, at the turn of the 19th century, was Germanys most influential artist. Now its Heckeling and Kirchnering from every wall, complained an art critic in 1920 in view of the inflation of Expressionist art, which had become... German expressionist painter and graphic artist Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880-1938), co-founder of the Brucke movement, produced some of the most outstanding woodcuts and powerful expressionist works of the 20th century. Tragically, he committed suicide after having his work condemned as degenerate by the Nazis.