Blond Painter. Portrait of Karl Stirner
1919
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner captures his fellow painter Karl Stirner in this striking 1919 woodcut, but don't let the title 'Blond Painter' fool you—this face is a fiery, intense red! As a founding member of the German Expressionist group Die Brücke, Kirchner loved to chop up reality into jagged, angular shapes to show raw emotion rather than just a likeness. The deep blue background makes that red face pop aggressively, while the sharp white lines look like they were carved directly out of the wood block, giving the portrait a frantic, almost vibrating energy.
- Technique
- Woodcut
Views: 5