Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Mountain Landscape with Fir Trees
Holden Funds, 1963.86 · The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access (CC0)View original →
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Mountain Landscape with Fir Trees

1918/19

Current Collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Medium
graphite and brush and black ink
Dimensions
34.6 × 50.7 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-212400

Following his discharge from the military after a mental and physical breakdown in 1915, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner took refuge at a sanitarium near Davos, Switzerland. The alpine landscape provided a new focus for his work and became a metaphor for his spiritual regeneration. Kirchner sketched this scene with black ink swept over graphite. His viewpoint is one of self-absorption, from within the mountain range rather than from above, a subjective view with vigorous marks that imbue the scene with energy.

Provenance

Holden Funds, 1963.86

Registry history

  • 1918/19 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art — drawings

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