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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Biography
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1880 |
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Born in Aschaffenburg
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1890 |
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His family settled in Chemnitz
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1901 - 1905 |
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Studied architecture in Dresden and pictorial art in Munich
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1905 |
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Founded the „Brücke“ group in Dresden together with Fritz Bleyl, Erich Heckel and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
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1908 |
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Born in Aschaffenburg, Germany
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1911 |
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Moved to Berlin; founded the MUIM Institute together with Max Pechstein
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1913 |
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His work was exhibited in the Armory Show, New York; first solo shows in Germany; dissolution of the „Brücke“ group
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1914 |
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In the heat of the outbreak of World War I he joined the army and was later discharged because of a physical collapse
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1917 |
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Settled in Frauenkirch, near Davos, Switzerland
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1920 |
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Major exhibitions in Germany
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1931 |
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Was made a member of the Prussian „Akademie der Künste“
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1937 |
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Was asked to resign as a memberof the academy; the Nazis included his work in the exhibition „Entartete Kunst“, so-called „degenerate art“, more than 600 of his works were confiscated from German museums
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1938 |
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He died by his own hand in Frauenkirch
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2008
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner - The Unexpected New, Michael Werner Gallery, New York City, NY
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2007
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner - Berlin Street Scene, Neue Galerie New York, New York City, NY
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2006
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner - Auf den zweiten Blick, KEOM Karl Ernst Osthaus Museum, Hagen
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2005
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Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin (solo)
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2003
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The National Gallery, Washington (solo)
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2003
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Royal Academy of Art, London (solo)
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1992
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The National Gallery, Washington (solo)
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1991
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Degenerate Art: The Fate of the Avant-Garde, Los Angeles
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1991
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County Museum of Art in Nazi Germany
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1990
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Brücke-Museum, Berlin (solo)
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1985
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German Art of the 20th Century, Royal Academy London, England
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1980
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Expressionism: A German Intuition, Guggenheim Museum New York, NY
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1980
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Graphisches Kabinett Wolfgang Werner KG, Bremen (solo)
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1979
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Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin (solo)
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1979
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Haus der Kunst, Munich (solo)
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1954
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: Aquarelle, Kunsthandlung Gauss
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1954
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Frankfurter Kunstverein
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1952
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1880-1938, Kunsthaus Zurich (solo)
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1952
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Curt Valentin Gallery New York, NY
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1950
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: Werke aus dem Kestner-Gesellschaft
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1950
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Kunsthalle, Bremen (solo)
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1948
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Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart (solo)
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1947
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Galerie Bremer, Berlin (solo)
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1937
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Detroit Institute of Art, USA (solo)
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1937
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The Buchholz Gallery Curt Valentin, New York, USA (solo)
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1937
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Kunsthalle, Basel (solo)
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1937
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Degenerate Art, Circulated by Nazis
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1933
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Ausstellung Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Kunsthalle Bern
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1926
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Galerie Paul Cassirer, Berlin (solo)
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1925
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Galerie E. Arnold, Dresden (solo)
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1924
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Kunstverein Winterthur, Switzerland (solo)
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1923
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Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland (solo)
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1923
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Galerie Paul Cassirer, Berlin (solo)
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1921
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Kronprinzenpalais, Berlin (solo)
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1916
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Kunstsalon Ludwig Schames, Frankfurt am Main (solo)
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1914
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Kunstverein, Jena (solo)
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1913
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Museum Folkwang, Hagen (solo)
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1913
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Kunstsalon Fritz Gurlitt, Berlin (solo)
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1912
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2nd Blaue Reiter exhibition, Blaue Reiter Munich, Germany
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1910
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1st exhibition of the Neue Secession, Neue Secession Berlin, Germany
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