Portrait of Ludwig Schames
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner · 1917–18 · Woodcut
Public domain
Marked Public Domain by the Minneapolis Institute of Art.
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About this picture
Portrait of Ludwig Schames is a public-domain illustration by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, dated 1917–18. Woodcut. The file comes from Minneapolis Institute of Art.
“Portrait of Ludwig Schames” (1917–18) is drawn with Kirchner’s sharp, uneven contour. The subject is a street, a sitter, or, in the later years, the mountains.
About the artist
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880–1938) was a founder of the Brücke group. Sharp color marks the Berlin street scenes. Later he painted the mountains around Davos.
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