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
marinenature
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