Vue de Davos
circa 1924
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, a founding member of the wild German Expressionist group Die Brücke, fled to the Swiss Alps for his health and never really left. This frantic, scribbly sketch of Davos shows how he traded city chaos for mountain vibes, but kept his nervous, jagged style. The houses and trees look like they're vibrating, capturing the raw energy of the landscape rather than a polite, realistic view. It's a great example of how Expressionists cared more about the feeling of a place than its exact look.
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