Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
German Painter
Died when: 58 years 40 days (697 months)Star Sign: Taurus
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (6 May 1880 – 15 June 1938) was a German expressionist painter and printmaker and one of the founders of the artists group Die Brücke or "The Bridge", a key group leading to the foundation of Expressionism in 20th-century art.
He volunteered for army service in the First World War, but soon suffered a breakdown and was discharged.His work was branded as "degenerate" by the Nazis in 1933, and in 1937 more than 600 of his works were sold or destroyed.
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