Paysans sur l'alpage près de Davos
1921
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner sketched this lively scene of farmers near Davos, Switzerland, in 1921 after fleeing the city for the mountains to heal his nerves. As a leader of German Expressionism, he didn't care about perfect realism; instead, he used jagged, scratchy lines to give the figures a stiff, almost puppet-like quality. You can see the heavy, vertical shading on their clothes, making them look like they are wearing striped traditional garb, capturing a raw, unpolished moment of Alpine life.
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