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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

1880–1938

WA-00014764

PaintingExpressionismFauvismArt Nouveau

Representation

None documented

74

Institutional Exhibitions

504

Works in Collection

678

Assets Indexed

4

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ229272

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Prints: Proofs and Variants

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1989–1990

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Master Prints from the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1989

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Recent Acquisitions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1988–1989

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Master Prints from the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1987–1988

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Drawings Acquisitions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1987

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Naked/Nude

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1986

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Drawing in Austria and Germany

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1985

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The Expressionist Idiom

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1985

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Selections from the Permanent Collection: Painting and Sculpture

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1984

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Selections from the Permanent Collection: Prints and Illustrated Books

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1984

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Prints from Blocks: Gauguin to Now

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1983

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Masterpieces from the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1982–1983

Field Verification (4 fields)

1 cross-verified · 3 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
NationalityArtsy· 85%
BiographyGallery Generic· 72%
LocationGallery Generic· 72%

Source Registry (4)

Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/ernst-ludwig-kirchner
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/ernst-ludwig-kirchner
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/3115
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Wikidata
Tier 1 · Institutional40%

About

Why this artist matters now

No biography available for Ernst Ludwig Kirchner yet.

Graph relationships

Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement

Expressionism

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Rijksmuseum Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern ArtNew York National Gallery of Art Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (504)

Feelings

1937 · woodcut printed in black

image: 50 x 37 cm (19 11/16 x 14 9/16 in.) sheet: 62 x 44 cm (24 7/16 x 17 5/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Nudes Dancing around a Shadow

Nudes Dancing around a Shadow

1936 · woodcut printed in black on Japan paper [proof]

sheet: 40.7 × 66.5 cm (16 × 26 3/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

From the Apocalypse

From the Apocalypse

1936 · etching

image: 30 x 25 cm (11 13/16 x 9 13/16 in.) sheet: 52.5 x 35 cm (20 11/16 x 13 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Woman in the Bathtub

Woman in the Bathtub

1936 · woodcut printed in black

image: 50 x 37 cm (19 11/16 x 14 9/16 in.) sheet: 57 x 42.5 cm (22 7/16 x 16 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Café

1936 · Woodcut from two blocks, in black and green, on white China paper

Image: 40 × 36.8 cm (15 3/4 × 14 1/2 in.); Sheet: 47.3 × 40.9 cm (18 5/8 × 16 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Two Cats (Zwei Katzen)

Two Cats (Zwei Katzen)

1936 · Woodcut

composition: 14 3/8 x 19 11/16" (36.5 x 50 cm); sheet: 16 1/4 x 22 3/16" (41.2 x 56.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Artist and Model (Maler und Modell)

Artist and Model (Maler und Modell)

1936 · Woodcut

composition: 19 5/8 x 14 3/8" (49.9 x 36.5 cm); sheet (irreg.): 23 7/8 x 17" (60.6 x 43.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Mountain Stream with Bathers

Mountain Stream with Bathers

1934 · etching

image: 25.1 x 19.2 cm (9 7/8 x 7 9/16 in.) sheet: 44.1 x 28.4 cm (17 3/8 x 11 3/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Dancer Practicing

Dancer Practicing

1934 · woodcut printed in black

image: 36.8 x 49.2 cm (14 1/2 x 19 3/8 in.) sheet: 43 x 59 cm (16 15/16 x 23 1/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Bern Kunsthalle: März 33: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: Davos

Bern Kunsthalle: März 33: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: Davos

1933 · color woodcut on heavy wove paper

sheet: 100.7 × 74.8 cm (39 5/8 × 29 7/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Head of Dr. Bauer

Head of Dr. Bauer

1933 · color woodcut printed in black, purple, green, ochre, blue, and red-brown on japan paper

image: 50 x 34.9 cm (19 11/16 x 13 3/4 in.) sheet: 64.4 x 43.2 cm (25 3/8 x 17 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Mary Wigman's Dance

Mary Wigman's Dance

1933 · woodcut in black touched with black ink on wove paper

image: 44.5 x 35.6 cm (17 1/2 x 14 in.) sheet: 53.2 x 41.3 cm (20 15/16 x 16 1/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Three Nudes in the Forest [counterproof] (Drei Akte im Walde) [Umdruck]

Three Nudes in the Forest [counterproof] (Drei Akte im Walde) [Umdruck]

1933 · Woodcut

composition: 13 7/8 x 19 1/2" (35.2 x 49.5 cm); sheet (irreg.): 14 3/16 x 20 5/16" (36.1 x 51.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Self-Portrait with Erna (Selbstbildnis mit Erna)

Self-Portrait with Erna (Selbstbildnis mit Erna)

1933 · Woodcut

composition: 19 5/8 x 13 7/8" (49.9 x 35.2 cm); sheet (irreg.): 23 1/16 x 15 15/16" (58.5 x 40.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Three Nudes in the Forest (Drei Akte im Walde)

Three Nudes in the Forest (Drei Akte im Walde)

1933 · Woodcut

composition: 13 7/8 x 19 11/16" (35.2 x 50 cm); sheet: 16 9/16 x 22 3/8" (42.1 x 56.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Head of Dr. Bauer (Kopf Dr. Bauer)

Head of Dr. Bauer (Kopf Dr. Bauer)

1933 · Woodcut

composition: 19 11/16 x 13 3/4" (50 x 34.9 cm); sheet (irreg.): 23 9/16 x 17 1/16" (59.8 x 43.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Dancing Couple (Tanzpaar)

Dancing Couple (Tanzpaar)

1932 · Woodcut

composition: 33 1/4 x 21 7/16" (84.5 x 54.4 cm); sheet: 37 3/16 x 25 5/16" (94.5 x 64.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Ski Jumper

1931 · watercolor and graphite on board

sheet: 39.8 × 30.9 cm (15 11/16 × 12 3/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Palucca

1930 · color woodcut printed in black, green and brown

image: 41 x 33.5 cm (16 1/8 x 13 3/16 in.) sheet: 51 x 43 cm (20 1/16 x 16 15/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Kiss

1930 · woodcut on wove paper

plate: 40.5 × 33.5 cm (15 15/16 × 13 3/16 in.) sheet: 54.7 × 42.5 cm (21 9/16 × 16 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Conversation

1929 · woodcut printed in black

image: 34.5 x 49.6 cm (13 9/16 x 19 1/2 in.) sheet: 43.5 x 60.5 cm (17 1/8 x 23 13/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Large Cow Lying Down (Grosse Liegende Kuh)

The Large Cow Lying Down (Grosse Liegende Kuh)

1929 · woodcut in black on blotting paper

sheet: 53.5 x 40.6 cm (21 1/16 x 16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Head of Hans Arp (Kopf Hans Arp)

Head of Hans Arp (Kopf Hans Arp)

1929 · Woodcut

composition (irreg.): 13 7/8 x 12 1/2" (35.2 x 31.8 cm); sheet: 17 13/16 x 14 3/8" (45.3 x 36.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Conversation (Unterhaltung)

Conversation (Unterhaltung)

1929 · Woodcut

composition: 13 3/4 x 19 5/8" (35 x 49.8 cm); sheet (irreg.): 15 3/4 x 23 11/16" (40 x 60.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (5)

504 published of 676 catalogued · 675 with image

Nga
302 published302 img
MoMA
169 publishedof 341 catalogued340 img
Art Institute Chicago
31 published31 img
Rijksmuseum
1 published1 img
Tate
1 published1 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 1)

1 entries · 1 sources

Geitenhoeder met zijn kudde in de bergen
1890 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (Wikipedia)

Wikipedia

Relationships

11

Movements3

Expressionism Fauvism Art Nouveau

Collections8

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern Art National Gallery of Art Tate Christie's

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

National Gallery of Art

In collection

Tate

In collection

Rijksmuseum

Market

Auction sale history

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