biografia di Ernst Ludwig KIRCHNER (1880-1938)

Personal data


Birth : 05/09/1880 - Aschaffenburg Bavaria, Germany
Death : 06/15/1938 - Davos GR, Switzerland
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : Germany

Representatives

Galerie Henze & Ketterer AG – Kirchstrasse 26 – Bern BE, Switzerland


Education

1901 – 1905 : Technischen Hochschule zu Dresden (Architecture) – Dresden, Germany
1903 – 1904 : Kunstschule – Munich, Germany

Professional data


Work and Life

1938:Begins to destroy the boards of his engravings and commits suicide in Frauenkirch, near Davos, Switzerland
1937:32 works are part of the degenerated art exhibition, Munchen, Germany
1933:Revoked by the Nazis who seize 639 works
1931:Member of the fine arts Academy, Berlin, Germany
1917:Lives and works in Davos, Switzerland
1914:Reformed
1905:Organisation of “Die Brücke”, Germany
1904:Discovers the African and Oceanian Arts in the ethnological Museum, Dresden,, Germany
1898:First engraving on wood
Influenced by Van Gogh.

Work


Categorie and medium


Painting : Oil
Print-Multiple : Lithograph - Xylograph
Sculpture-Volume : Bronze - Sculpture, wood
Drawing-Watercolor : Chalk/paper - Charcoal - Ink - Pencil - Watercolour
Tapestry : Tapestry

Subject

marine
nature
landscape
urbanism

Movements and styles

German Expressionism (Die Brücke, Der Blaue Reiter)

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)


Solo exhibitions

2003

Royal Academy of Arts – London, United Kingdom
06/28/2003 – 09/21/2003

MAMCS Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain – Strasbourg, France
03/07/2003 – 05/11/2003

NGA National Gallery of Art – Washington DC, United States
03/02/2003 – 06/01/2003

2002

Fondazione Mazzotta – Milan MI, Italy
2002

Kunstmuseum Winterthur – Winterthur ZH, Switzerland
05/08/2002 – 11/03/2002

2001

Tahiti in the Alps
Stedelijk Museum – Amsterdam, Netherlands
09/08/2001 – 11/24/2001

Group Exhibitions (Selected)


Art shows / fairs

2007

FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain
Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais – Paris, France
10/18/2007 – 10/22/2007
Represented by : Galerie Henze & Ketterer AG – Kirchstrasse 26 – Bern BE, Switzerland

2004

FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain, n°31
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/21/2004 – 10/25/2004
Represented by : Galerie Henze & Ketterer AG – Kirchstrasse 26 – Bern BE, Switzerland

Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Galerie St. Etienne – Suite 802 24 West 57th Street – New York NY, United States

2003

Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Galerie Thomas – Maximilianstrasse 25 – Munich, Germany

Art Cologne, n° 37
Cologne, Germany
10/29/2003 – 11/02/2003
Represented by : Galerie Henze & Ketterer AG – Kirchstrasse 26 – Bern BE, Switzerland

Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Art Focus – Talstrasse 16 – Zürich ZH, Switzerland

2002

Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Art Focus – Talstrasse 16 – Zürich ZH, Switzerland

2001

Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Art Focus – Talstrasse 16 – Zürich ZH, Switzerland

13th Annual Works on Paper
New York NY, United States
03/02/2001 – 03/04/2001
Represented by : R.S. Johnson Fine Art – Suite 234 Blair Building 645 North Michigan Avenue – Chicago IL, United States

Artpalmbeach – 4th Modern & Contemporary Art Fair
International Pavilion of the Palm Beaches – West Palm Beach FL, United States
01/10/2001 – 01/15/2001
Represented by : Galerie Thomas – Maximilianstrasse 25 – Munich, Germany

1999

Art Cologne, n° 33
Cologne, Germany
11/07/1999 – 11/14/1999
Represented by : Galerie Henze & Ketterer AG – Kirchstrasse 26 – Bern BE, Switzerland

1990

ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo
Madrid, Spain
02/08/1990 – 02/13/1990
Represented by : Galerie Thomas – Maximilianstrasse 25 – Munich, Germany


Group exhibitions

2004

D’Ensor à Magritte, dans les collections du musée de Gand
Musée Fleury – Lodève, France
11/20/2004 – 02/27/2005

2003

Expressiv
Fondation Beyeler – Riehen BL, Switzerland
03/30/2003 – 08/10/2003

2002

Artists of Brücke
MoMA Museum of Modern Art – New York NY, United States
02/14/2002 – 05/31/2002

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