Kirchner and the Berlin Street

by Deborah Wye

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner's remarkable series of paintings known as the Berlin Street Scenes is a highpoint of the artist's work and a milestone of German Expressionism. Kirchner moved from Dresden to Berlin in 1911, and it was there, immersed in the vitality of a teeming city and under the looming shadow of imminent world war, that he created the Street Scenes in a burst of creative energy and ambition. Berlin was at this time undergoing rapid growth,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870707418
• ISBN13: 9780870707414
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Museum of Modern Art
• Length: 138 Pages
• Weight: 3.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.2" x 10.9"