Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
1880 - 1938
Am Bergsee. 1919.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated in the lower left. Titled “Bergsee” on the reverse of the canvas. 49.7 x 50 cm (19.5 x 19.6 in). [CH].
• MODERN With broad brushstrokes, highly simplified forms, and vibrant, rich colors, Kirchner created a scene of great expressiveness and radically modern aesthetics.
• INSPIRATION The idyllic Swiss mountain landscape served as a major source of inspiration for Kirchner during these years.
• PROVENANCE Part of a German private collection for 70 years; prior to that, it had long been owned by Dr. Frédéric Bauer of Davos, Kirchner’s physician, patron, and close confidant.
• EXHIBITION Shown as part of a retrospective traveling exhibition in 1952, including stops at the Haus der Kunst in Munich and the Haus am Waldsee in Berlin.
PROVENANCE: Collection of Dr. Frédéric Bauer (1883–1957), Davos.
Collection of Prof. Dr. Horst Ludwig Wullstein, Würzburg (acquired in 1957).
In the family’s possession ever since.
EXHIBITION: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Kunstverein Winterthur, June 22–July 13, 1924.
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. Gemälde und Graphik der Sammlung F. Bauer, Davos (traveling exhibition), Haus der Kunst, Munich, Oct. 25–Dec. 14, 1952; Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, June 19–Aug. 19, 1953; Kunsthalle Nürnberg Fränkische Galerie, Nuremberg, etc., cat. no. 20 (titled “Bergsee bei Davos”).
LITERATURE: Donald E. Gordon, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Munich 1968, p. 356, CR no. 562 (with black-and-white illustration).
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Harry Joelson, Das ungewohnte Neue: Briefwechsel zwischen Ernst Ludwig Kirchner und Georg Reinhart, Zurich 2002, no. 54 (see no. 6 “Wallensee” and footnote I).
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
1880 - 1938
Am Bergsee. 1919.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated in the lower left. Titled “Bergsee” on the reverse of the canvas. 49.7 x 50 cm (19.5 x 19.6 in). [CH].
• MODERN With broad brushstrokes, highly simplified forms, and vibrant, rich colors, Kirchner created a scene of great expressiveness and radically modern aesthetics.
• INSPIRATION The idyllic Swiss mountain landscape served as a major source of inspiration for Kirchner during these years.
• PROVENANCE Part of a German private collection for 70 years; prior to that, it had long been owned by Dr. Frédéric Bauer of Davos, Kirchner’s physician, patron, and close confidant.
• EXHIBITION Shown as part of a retrospective traveling exhibition in 1952, including stops at the Haus der Kunst in Munich and the Haus am Waldsee in Berlin.
PROVENANCE: Collection of Dr. Frédéric Bauer (1883–1957), Davos.
Collection of Prof. Dr. Horst Ludwig Wullstein, Würzburg (acquired in 1957).
In the family’s possession ever since.
EXHIBITION: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Kunstverein Winterthur, June 22–July 13, 1924.
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. Gemälde und Graphik der Sammlung F. Bauer, Davos (traveling exhibition), Haus der Kunst, Munich, Oct. 25–Dec. 14, 1952; Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, June 19–Aug. 19, 1953; Kunsthalle Nürnberg Fränkische Galerie, Nuremberg, etc., cat. no. 20 (titled “Bergsee bei Davos”).
LITERATURE: Donald E. Gordon, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Munich 1968, p. 356, CR no. 562 (with black-and-white illustration).
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Harry Joelson, Das ungewohnte Neue: Briefwechsel zwischen Ernst Ludwig Kirchner und Georg Reinhart, Zurich 2002, no. 54 (see no. 6 “Wallensee” and footnote I).
