Self-Portrait
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner · 1928 · brush and ink with watercolor over black crayon on paper
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About this picture
Self-Portrait is a public-domain drawing by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, dated 1928. Brush and ink with watercolor over black crayon on paper. The file comes from National Gallery of Art.
“Self-Portrait” (1928) 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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