About Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
founding Die Brucke with architecture students, painting Berlin's streets with angular fury, and dying after the Nazis condemned his work
Where to see Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Ranked by works you can see in person.
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18 works
Städel Museum
Frankfurt, Germany
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16 works
Brücke Museum
Berlin, Germany
Also here (3)
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15 works
Neue Nationalgalerie
Berlin, Germany
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12 works
Museum Ludwig
Cologne, Germany
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11 works
Museum Folkwang
Essen, Germany
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10 works
Hamburger Kunsthalle
Hamburg, Germany
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10 works
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
Madrid, Spain
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9 works
Kunsthaus Zürich
Zurich, Switzerland
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7 works
Westphalian State Museum of Art and Cultural History
Münster, Germany
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7 works
National Gallery of Art
Washington D.C., United States
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Hand-finished archival prints from Ernst Ludwig Kirchner's body of work.
Taunus Landscape - Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
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Portrait of Carl Sternheim - Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
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Ludwig Schames, Art Dealer - Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
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Bathers Tossing Reeds - Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
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Forest Road in Königstein with Mail Coach - Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
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Self-Portrait as an Invalid - Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
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Still Life with Sculpture - Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
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7 works
Saint Louis Art Museum
St. Louis, United States
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6 works
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Minneapolis, United States
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5 works
Batliner Collection
Vienna, Austria
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5 works
Museum of Modern Art
New York City, United States
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5 works
Kunsthalle Bremen
Bremen, Germany
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5 works
Albertina
Vienna, Austria
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4 works
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
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4 works
Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen
Düsseldorf, Germany
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4 works
Staatsgalerie Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
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4 works
Alte Nationalgalerie
Berlin, Germany
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4 works
Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe, Germany
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4 works
Museum Frieder Burda
Baden-Baden, Germany
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4 works
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Richmond, United States
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4 works
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Los Angeles, United States
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3 works
Germanisches Nationalmuseum
Nuremberg, Germany
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3 works
Sprengel Museum
Hanover, Germany
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3 works
Wallraf–Richartz Museum
Cologne, Germany
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3 works
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Dresden, Germany
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3 works
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
New York City, United States
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3 works
Detroit Institute of Arts
Detroit, United States
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3 works
Kunstmuseum Den Haag
The Hague, Netherlands
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2 works
Milwaukee Art Museum
Milwaukee, United States
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2 works
Buffalo AKG Art Museum
Buffalo, United States
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2 works
Kunsthalle Mannheim
Mannheim, Germany
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2 works
National Galleries Scotland
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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2 works
Museum Kunstpalast
Düsseldorf, Germany
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2 works
Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Boston, United States
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2 works
Neue Galerie
New York City, United States
Also here (3)
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2 works
Groninger Museum
Groningen, Netherlands
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2 works
Museum Wiesbaden
Wiesbaden, Germany
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2 works
Harvard Art Museums
Cambridge, United States
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2 works
Seattle Art Museum
Seattle, United States
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2 works
Busch–Reisinger Museum
Cambridge, United States
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2 works
Musée National d'Art Moderne
Paris, France
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2 works
National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
Oslo, Norway
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1 works
Allen Memorial Art Museum
Oberlin, United States
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1 works
Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister
Dresden, Germany
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1 works
Dresden City Museum
Dresden, Germany
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1 works
Munich Central Collecting Point
Munich, Germany
Also here (6)
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1 works
Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
23 more museums hold works by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner with smaller collections, not listed here.
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See all Ernst Ludwig Kirchner prints →Frequently Asked Questions
Where did Ernst Ludwig Kirchner live?
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner was born in Aschaffenburg, Germany, but his family later settled in Chemnitz.How did Ernst Ludwig Kirchner respond to nazi persecution?
The Nazis confiscated over six hundred of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner's works and included him in the 1937[4] Degenerate Art exhibition; this condemnation contributed to the despair that ended in his suicide.Who was Ernst Ludwig Kirchner?
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner was a painter, printmaker, and sculptor who led the Die Brucke group of artists.Ernst Ludwig Kirchner famous paintings?
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner painted 'Street, Dresden' in 1908[4].Who is Ernst Ludwig Kirchner?
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner was a painter, printmaker, and sculptor born in Germany in 1880[4].What media did Ernst Ludwig Kirchner use?
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner used watercolour, gouache, and lead pencil.
Sources
Where to See guide aggregates verified holdings of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner's works across the following collections.
- [1] academic Ernst Ludwig Kirchner | Expressionist Painter, German Artist Used for: biography.
- [2] academic Ernst Ludwig Kirchner - Smarthistory Used for: biography.
- [3] wikidata Wikidata: Q229272 Used for: identifiers.
- [4] wikipedia Wikipedia: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Used for: biography.
- [5] book Starr Figura, German Expressionism: The Graphic Impulse Used for: biography.
- [6] book guggenheim-guhe00solo Used for: biography.
- [7] book Post-impressionism : cross-currents in European painting Used for: biography.
- [8] museum Ernst Ludwig Kirchner | The Guggenheim Museums and Foundation Used for: biography.
- [9] museum Max Beckmann. Departure. Frankfurt 1932, Berlin 1933-35 | MoMA Used for: notable works.
- [10] museum The Collection | Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (German, 1880–1938) - MoMA Used for: biography.
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