Woman Bathing
1908
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner captures a candid, intimate moment in this 1908 print, showing a woman relaxing in a bathtub from a daring high angle. As a founding member of the German Expressionist group Die Brücke (The Bridge), Kirchner used bold, scratchy lines and stark contrasts to strip away polite realism and get straight to raw emotion. The perspective feels almost voyeuristic, like we're peeking down into a private, quiet moment of modern life. It's a perfect example of how these artists wanted to shake up traditional art with jagged edges and unfiltered subjects.
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