Zurich, 1926
Ernst Ludwig Kirchnerexpand_more
Oil on canvasexpand_more
Bequest of Bruce B. Daytonexpand_more 2016.33.8
On View in Gallery 371expand_more
Conservation was generously funded by Larry Oakey
Kirchner frequently lived and worked in Switzerland after 1920. He was a formative influence on the Swiss Expressionist group, Rot-Blau (Red-Blue), which had established itself in Basle. He painted a number of city views in 1926 including Mia’s View of Dresden: Schlossplatz. A later View of Bern, a Swiss city he preferred over Zurich, is also in the collection. These three city views were painted in the “tapestry style” Kirchner adopted in the 1920s, in which his colors became purer, lighter and more independent of each other.
Details
- Title
- Zurich
- Artist Life
- 1880–1938
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2016.33.8
- Curator Approved
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