Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German painter and illustrator (born 1880)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

German expressionist painter (1880–1938)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner 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,…