Wagon (in the Taunus)
1916
Imagine being stuck in a sanatorium during World War I because your nerves are completely shot—that was Ernst Ludwig Kirchner's reality in 1916. Seeking recovery in the Taunus mountains, he produced this frantic sketch of a horse-drawn carriage. Instead of a peaceful country ride, the scene explodes with jagged, scribbly lines and washes of nervous color. The horse looks almost skeletal and the carriage seems to be dissolving into the background, perfectly capturing the artist's anxious mental state as he tried to make sense of the world around him.
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