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| Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Dora with Ruff Collar ca. 1906 oil on cardboard Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid |
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880-1938) reportedly denied the influence of post-Impressionist painters like Van Gogh and Gauguin with their non-natural color-schemes. During the decade that preceded the first world war, Kirchner and his fellow Brücke artists were undeniably the first to promote this new style in Dresden and Berlin.
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| Ernst Ludwig Kirchner The Loam Pit ca. 1906 oil on cardboard Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid |
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| Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Fränzi in front of a Carved Chair 1910 canvas Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid |
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| Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Kneeling Nude in front of a Red Screen ca. 1911-12 oil on canvas Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid |
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| Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Two Women 1911-12 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art |
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| Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Still Life with Jug and African Bowl 1912 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art |
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| Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Landscape with Chestnut Trees 1913 oil on canvas Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid |
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| Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Curving Bay ca. 1914 oil on canvas Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid |
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| Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Two Nudes in a Room 1914 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art |
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| Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Street with Red Streetwalker ca. 1914-15 canvas Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid |
In 1915 Kirchner was drafted (under the official designation of "unwilling volunteer") into the German army, where he proceeded to have a nervous breakdown. Eventually discharged, he recovered in Switzerland, and remained there for the rest of his life.
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| Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Alpine Kitchen 1918 oil on canvas Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid |
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| Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Seated Female Nude ca. 1921-23 oil on canvas Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid |
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| Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Sunday in the Alps 1922 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art |
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| Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Junkerboden under Snow ca. 1936-38 oil on canvas Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid |
During the Twenties the artist changed his emphasis to landscape. Simultaneously, his earlier figure-paintings achieved wider acceptance and popularity. When the Nazis classified him as a "degenerate artist" in 1937 they counted more than 600 of his works in German museums – all removed by force. In 1938, still in Switzerland, Kirchner committed suicide.