The Kiss
1930
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner captures a tender, almost dreamlike embrace in this striking woodcut from 1930. The two figures melt into one another against a backdrop of bold, horizontal lines and jagged, dark shapes that feel like a forest at night. As a founding member of the German Expressionist group Die Brücke, Kirchner often used this rough-hewn technique to strip away polite realism and get straight to raw emotion. The word 'Probe' at the bottom left indicates this is a printer's proof, a special test print made before the final edition was pulled.
- Technique
- Woodcut
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