Ernst Ludwig Kirchner & Friends
Title: Kaffeetisch / Coffee Table,
Artist: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (German 1880-1938)
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 119 x 120 cm
Permanent Collection: Museum Folkwang Essen
Image Courtesy: Groninger Museum, Holland
Artists inspire one another. Among the artists that German Expressionist Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
inspired were Jan Wiegers, Albert Müller, Hermann Scherer, Paul Camenisch
and Philipp Bauknecht. Ernst Ludwin Kirchner worked in Davos during 1920-1926, and it was here a small artist's community formed around him.
The Circle around Kirchner
Expressionismus aus den Bergen
Groninger Museum, Holland
September 15 - January 13, 2008
Title: Stafelalp im Schnee, 1919
Artist: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (German 1880-1938)
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 80 x 90 cm
Permanent Collection: E.W.K., Bern/Davos
Image Courtesy: Groninger Museum, Holland
It was poor health that forced Kirchner to visit Davos and he naturally brought his creativity, honed in Dresden and Berlin, to the Swiss Alpine community. Among
his first friends was fellow German artist Philipp Bauknecht, whose time in Davos was to help him deal with his
tuberculosis. It was a lung condition
that brought the Dutch Jan Wiegers to seek out the landscape of Davos and he too joined this small circle in 1920.
Title: Sitzender Akt / Sitting Act, 1925
Artist: Albert Müller (Swiss 1897-1926)
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 110 x 90 cm
Permanent Collection: Groninger Museum
Image Courtesy: Groninger Museum, Holland
Kirchner had an exhibit at the Kunsthalle Basel, which attracted Basel artists Hermann Scherer and Albert Müller. Both
of these artists visited Davos to work with Kirchner.
Sadly the working period of inspiration was brief, shortened by the untimely deaths of Hermann Scherer and Albert Müller.
Title: Atelierfest / Studio Festival, ca. 1924-25
Artist: Hermann Scherer (German 1893-1927)
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 145 x 150 cm
Permanent Collection: Kunstmuseum Basel
Image Courtesy: Groninger Museum, Holland
Prior to his time in Davos, Jan Wiegers,
who was among the founders in 1918 De Ploeg (The Plough), the Groningen artists’ association that captured the landscape of Groningen, preferably painting en plein
air. He took what he learned from the artistic creativity and work of Ernst Ludwin Kirchner to De Ploeg, leading to the development of
Swiss Expressionism that is often called ‘Groningen Expressionism’.
The Circle around Kirchner - Expressionismus aus den Bergen
is the first to bring together work by Kirchner and the young artists who drew upon his expertise at Davos.
The Circle around Kirchner - Expressionismus aus den Bergen
Groninger Museum, Holland:
September 15 - January 13, 2008
Bündner kunstmuseum Chur:
February 16 – May 25, 2008
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