He wasnt. He was inspired by: the mordn city(of those times), oceanic and primative art, gothic woodcuts, edvard munch, van gogh and the fauves
It is a portrait, which shows the face of the woman, but also the whole of her body from behind.
Works by cubist and surrealist artists as Max Ernst and Pablo Picasso. He must also have been aware of the epoch-making posters by Henri Toulouse-Lautrec.
optical reason
Ernst Haeckel produced his beautiful works of art from sketches that he had made, using only watercolours. This was inspired by the amazing symmetrical figures of nature that his studies as a biologist and naturalist. His impressive life's achievements are shown in the links below.
Ernst Haeckel was born on February 16, 1834.
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner was born on May 6, 1880.
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner has written: 'Ernst Ludwig Kirchner in der Graphischen Sammlung der Staatsgalerie' '[Paintings]' '\\' -- subject(s): Color in art, Exhibitions 'Ernst Ludwig Kirchner; a retrospective exhibition' -- subject(s): Exhibitions 'Davoser Tagebuch' 'Faszination Kirchner' -- subject(s): Artistic Photography, Exhibitions 'Zeichnungen 1, 1906-1925' 'E.L. Kirchner' -- subject(s): Exhibitions, German Painting 'Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1880-1938' -- subject(s): Exhibitions 'Ernst Kirchner' 'Briefe an Nele und Henry van de Velde' -- subject(s): Correspondence 'Von Dresden nach Davos' 'Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Holzschnittzyklen' 'E.L. Kirchner, Zeichnungen : Pastelle, Aquarelle' 'Der Architekt Ernst Ludwig Kirchner' -- subject(s): Cemeteries, Design 'Ernst Ludwig Kirchner und die \\' 'Ernst Ludwig Kirchner' 'Farbige Graphik' 'E.L. Kirchner, paintings and works on paper' -- subject(s): Exhibitions
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880 - 1938) is one of the famous painters of German Expressionism.
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner died on June 15, 1938 at the age of 58.
The cast of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner - Zeichnen bis zur Raserei - 2000 includes: Ernest Ludwig Kirchner as himself
Ernst Kirchner
Germany in Aschaffenburg
Ernst Kirchner has written: 'Die Papiere des 14. Jahrhunderts im Stadtarchive zu Frankfurt a.M. und deren Wasserzeichen'
Bold colours.
oil on can
Lucius Grisebach has written: 'Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: 1880-1938 (Big Series : Art)' 'Willem Kalf, 1619-1693' 'Ernst Ludwig Kirchner 1880-1938 (Big Art)'
He committed suicide by shooting himself through the heart with a pistol, on 15th June 1938. He was 56 years old when he died- he was driven to kill himself following years of persecution by the Nazis, who labelled him a 'degenerate artist' and sold or destroyed over 600 of his pictures. The last years of his life were spent in Davos, in Switzerland.