Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
22 May - 31 Aug 2014
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Circus, 1913
Oil on Canvas,
119,8 x 99,8 cm
© Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Sammlung Moderne Kunst at the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich
Circus, 1913
Oil on Canvas,
119,8 x 99,8 cm
© Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Sammlung Moderne Kunst at the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich
"FARBENMENSCH" KIRCHNER
22 May - 31 August 2014
With 19 paintings by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, the Pinakothek der Moderne has outstanding holdings of the ‘Brücke’ Expressionist artist that, since 2009, have been the subject of an international cooperation project focusing on his painting technique and his studio practice. The project »No-one has colours like me. Studying Ernst Ludwig Kirchner’s painting technique«, sponsored by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, was carried out jointly by the Doerner Institut at the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart and the Kirchner Museum Davos. The findings of this research provide a new and exciting insight into the creative process behind Kirchner’s major works such as »Circus«, »Dance School« and »Self-Portrait as a Sick Man. The struggle with colour that led to a revolution in painterly expression at the beginning of the 20th century becomes immediately apparent. The exhibition shows how intensively Kirchner dealt with colour theory, the painting material and intensity of the colours. X-rays and infrared photographs, sketchbooks and drawings, as well as several paintings on loan complement the presentation that reconstructs the creative process of one of the most important German artists of the 20th century.
22 May - 31 August 2014
With 19 paintings by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, the Pinakothek der Moderne has outstanding holdings of the ‘Brücke’ Expressionist artist that, since 2009, have been the subject of an international cooperation project focusing on his painting technique and his studio practice. The project »No-one has colours like me. Studying Ernst Ludwig Kirchner’s painting technique«, sponsored by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, was carried out jointly by the Doerner Institut at the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart and the Kirchner Museum Davos. The findings of this research provide a new and exciting insight into the creative process behind Kirchner’s major works such as »Circus«, »Dance School« and »Self-Portrait as a Sick Man. The struggle with colour that led to a revolution in painterly expression at the beginning of the 20th century becomes immediately apparent. The exhibition shows how intensively Kirchner dealt with colour theory, the painting material and intensity of the colours. X-rays and infrared photographs, sketchbooks and drawings, as well as several paintings on loan complement the presentation that reconstructs the creative process of one of the most important German artists of the 20th century.