Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Edited by Jill Lloyd and Janis Staggs With preface by Ronald S. Lauder, foreword by Renée Price, and contributions by Nelson Blitz, Jr., Sharon Jordan, Jill Lloyd, Sherwin Simmons, and Janis Staggs Ernst Ludwig Kirchner is arguably the most outstanding German Expressionist artist of the early twentieth century. This publication and its related exhibition pay tribute to Kirchner’s inventive genius with a focus on his highly individual approach to color, which he viewed as the fundamental building block to his paintings. Yet Kirchner was a multi-talented figure and his work encompassed various media – painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking, photography, and even the decorative arts. Rather than accepting the traditional hierarchy that placed fine art solely at the pinnacle of an artist’s achievement, Kirchner compared his activity in these various fields to “a tightly woven, organic fabric, in which process and completion go hand in hand and one aspect drives the other on.” Beginning with his Dresden years as a founding member of the artists’ group Brücke, and moving on to the periods he spent in the Berlin metropolis and in the Swiss mountainside resort of Davos, this survey provides a representative overview of Kirchner’s three main phases and charts the transformation in his life’s output. The essays touch on important topics related to his entire career. Jill Lloyd provides an overview and examines how color and technique were crucial, evolving elements throughout his work. Janis Staggs offers new insights into Kirchner’s decorative projects, paying particular attention to his little-known metalwork and its close connection with his work in other media. Sherwin Simmons confronts Kirchner's modernity by relating the color compositions in his Berlin street scenes to the impact of electric light. Sharon Jordan analyzes Kirchner’s colored woodcut series “Peter Schlemihl’s Wondrous Story” in relation to his long-abiding interest in the works of Friedrich Nietzsche. And Nelson Blitz, Jr., provides an original interpretation of Kirchner’s breakdown and suicide by situating the artist’s personal story in its historical and political context. Hardcover262 pages80 color illustrations | 100 b/w illustrations23.5 x 28.5 cmPrestel, 2019ISBN 9783791359342Neue Galerie Exhibition Catalogue, Art History, Essays

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Exhibition Catalogue

Original Price: $40.00 UP TO 20% ADDITIONAL SAVINGS FOR MEMBERS By Pamela Kort A founding member of the early twentieth century German avant garde artists' group Die Brücke, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner moved to Berlin in 1912 and became enthralled by what he called "the symphony of the great city." He responded to the intensity of Berlin's street life by recording the urban spectacle around him--most notably in "Berlin Street Scene" (1913-14), which is widely considered one of the greatest German paintings of the twentieth century. This beautifully illustrated, scholarly volume--written and edited by the noted independent curator and art historian Pamela Kort--provides a full exploration of the history and significance of Kirchner's masterpiece. Featuring full reproductions and details of "Berlin Street Scene" and other related artworks, as well as plentiful documentary photographs and supporting materials, this volume illuminates the ominous force of nervous energy and sexual tension that Kirchner sensed lurking beneath the veneer of civilized life. Please note that Rare/Out-of-Print titles are very limited in stock. Hardcover92 pagesNeue Galerie New York, 20080.6 x 9.1 x 11.3 inchesISBN 9781931794152Neue Galerie Exhibition Catalogue, Painting, German History, Urban Studies

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: Berlin Street Scene

Original Price: $18.00 UP TO 20% ADDITIONAL SAVINGS FOR MEMBERS Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880-1938), Berlin Street Scene, 1913-14 Poster for the exhibition, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (2019-2020). 16 x 24 inches

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Exhibition Poster

By Norbert Wolf 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 Brücke 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 Brücke, 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. Hardcover96 pagesTaschen, 20168.4 x 0.5 x 10.3 inchesISBN 9783836535045Artist Monograph, Die Brücke, Expressionism, Painting, Printmaking

Kirchner (Basic Art Series 2.0)

Von Regina Freyberger Kaum ein Material ist mit der Kunst des deutschen Expres­sio­nismus stärker verbunden als Holz. Und nichts ist so sehr »Brücke« wie der Holzschnitt. Im Schaffen der drei »Brücke«-Mitbegründer Kirchner, Heckel und Schmidt-Rottluff nimmt der Holzschnitt eine heraus­ragende Stellung ein. Neben Litho­grafie, Radierung und Kaltnadel war es gerade jenes druck­technische Verfahren, dessen großes experi­men­telles Potenzial die Künstler für sich entdeckten. Sie erneuerten den Holzschnitt nicht nur als künstle­risches Medium, sondern leisteten mit ihm den vielleicht größten Beitrag für die Moderne.Das Städel Museum in Frankfurt am Main verfügt mit der Sammlung Carl Hagemanns über einen der bedeu­tend­sten musealen Bestände an »Brücke«-Grafik. Von dieser reichen Sammlung ausgehend und um einige bedeutende Leihgaben ergänzt, spürt der Katalog anhand von rund 100 ausgewähl­ten Holz­schnitten, Druck­stöcken und Skulp­turen den Besonder­heiten der Technik sowie den Wechsel­bezie­hungen zwischen den Medien und dem Material nach. Please note that Rare/Out-of-Print titles are very limited in stock. Paperback269 pages | 209 illustrationsSandstein, 201910.7 x 1.3 x 11.1 inchesISBN 9783954984701Brücke, Expressionism

Geheimnis Der Materie: Kirchner, Heckel, Schmidt-Rottluff

By Rose-Carol Washton Long "An indispensable anthology that immediately renders its predecessors obsolete. With its gathering of public and private documents, it carries us through the rise and fall of one of the great upheavals of modern art." —Robert Rosenblum, New York University"These essays, including many previously unavailable in English, are rich with startling new insights into the German Expressionist psyche. Elucidating the artists' view of government, the role of women in modern society, and their own ambivalence about the effectiveness of abstract art, this anthology is essential reading for all scholars and students of twentieth-century art." —Joan Marter, author of Alexander CalderGerman Expressionism, one of the most significant movements of early European modernism, was an enormously powerful element in Germany's cultural life from the end of the Wilhelmkine Empire to the Third Reich. While the movement embraced such diverse artists as E. L. Kirchner, Wassily Kandinsky, Käthe Kollwitz, and George Grosz, all the participants shared an almost messianic belief in the power of art to change society. Rose-Carol Washton Long has drawn together over eighty documents crucial to the understanding of German Expressionism, many of them translated for the first time into English. Rose-Carol Washton Long is Professor of Art History at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Among her books is Kandinsky: The Development of an Abstract Style. Paperback 370 pagesUniversity of California Press, 19955.9 x 1 x 8.9 inchesISBN 9780520202641Art History, Expressionism

German Expressionism: Documents from the End of the Wilhelmine Empire to the Rise of National Socialism

Edited by Shane Weller Over 100 works by Beckmann, Feininger, Kirchner, Kollwitz, Nolde, Marc, and others. Their distorted, stylized forms embody the revolutionary mood of the early 20th-century. Paperback128 pagesDover Publications, 19948.2 x 0.4 x 10.9 inchesISBN 9780486280691Expressionism, Woodcuts

German Expressionist Woodcuts

Original Price: $70 UP TO 20% ADDITIONAL SAVINGS FOR MEMBERS Edited by Matthias Frehner and Daniel Spanke Kunstmuseum Bern, the oldest museum in Switzerland, turns its gaze toward its own acquisition history in this lavish book that features artistic masterpieces considered worthless by the Nazis, and the stories of how they came to Switzerland. As a result of the Nazi regime’s scorn for modern art, virtually all non-traditional art between 1933 and 1945 was banned in Germany on the grounds that it was un-German, Jewish, or Communist in nature. Those identified as “degenerate” artists were dismissed from teaching positions and forbidden to exhibit or to sell their works. This book sheds light on the historical significance and provenance of nearly 525 works by modernist greats, such as Picasso, Chagall, and Kandinsky, which were acquired by the Kunstmuseum Bern through a combination of auctions and private donations. The book traces the fates of artists who suffered under the Nazi regime and who had connections to Switzerland, including Kirchner, Klee and Dix, and contrasts the cultural policies of the Third Reich with those of Switzerland in the same period. Finally, it details the dramatic events and unprecedented efforts that went into preserving invaluable works of art. Please note that Rare/Out-of-Print titles are very limited in stock. Hardcover376 pagesPrestel, 20169.2 x 1.4 x 11.2 inchesISBN 9783791355368Art History, Museum Studies

Modern Masters: "Degenerate" Art at the Kunstmuseum Bern

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880-1938) Berlin Street Scene, 1913-14

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: Berlin Street Scene [Postcard]

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880-1938) The Russian Dancer Mela (Die Russische Tänzerin Mela), 1911

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: The Russian Dancer Mela [Postcard]

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880-1938)Berlin Street Scene, 1913-141 notecard and envelope5.75 x 8.75 inches

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Exhibition Notecard [Large Single Card]

Von Ulrich Luckhardt Wie schlagen sich Kirchners Lebensstationen, geographische Veränderungen und neue Motivgruppen in seinem Werk nieder? Der reich bebilderte Band veranschaulicht den engen Zusammenhang von Orts- und Themenwechsel in seinem Oeuvre: Dresden als Impuls der Freiheit für die künstlerische Entwicklung des jungen Kirchner und Berlin als Inspiration für seine berühmten Straßenszenen, Fehmarn als Idylle einer Sehnsucht nach Einheit von Mensch und Natur, der erste Weltkrieg als Phase von Krise und Sanatoriumsaufenthalten und schließlich Davos als neue Lebenswelt. Hardcover176 pagesText in GermanHirmer Verlag, 20248.31 x 0.91 x 10.71 inches ISBN 9783777441986Monographs

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