Footpaths and Pavilion in the Dresden Grosser Gartenc. 1909
Paths curve between trees towards a pavilion in Dresden’s Grosser Garten, the city’s great public park, set down in rapid strokes of black crayon on brown paper. More about this work
About this work
Paths curve between trees towards a pavilion in Dresden’s Grosser Garten, the city’s great public park, set down in rapid strokes of black crayon on brown paper. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, a founder of the artists’ group Die Brücke in Dresden in 1905, made a habit of drawing quickly from life in streets and parks to capture movement and first impressions. The abbreviated, angular line shows the energy that he and his colleagues brought to German Expressionism.
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The image shows a landscape drawing with buildings, trees, and a winding path or water feature. The drawing is done in black charcoal on brownish background paper, creating a monochromatic color palette.
Description from the National Gallery of Art.
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
German, 1880–1938
Kirchner studied architecture in Dresden, where in 1905 he co-founded Die Brücke with fellow students, seeking a raw, direct art of bright, unmixed colour and angular forms. After moving to Berlin in 1911 he painted the city’s streets and nightlife with nervous intensity. Military service in the First World War led to a breakdown, and from 1917 he lived in the Swiss mountains near Davos, painting the Alpine landscape. In 1937 the Nazis condemned his work as degenerate.
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Public domain. The National Gallery of Art has dedicated this image to the public domain under CC0, so anyone may copy, adapt and use it, for any purpose, without asking. Our prints and files are reproductions made from the museum’s image; the museum doesn’t endorse them.
- Object number
- 1982.71.1
- Credit
- Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington
- Type
- Drawing
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- CC0 1.0 Universal
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