Jeune fille
1909
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, a founding member of the radical German Expressionist group 'Die Brücke,' created this striking portrait around 1909. Notice how the young girl's face is almost swallowed by shadow, with heavy, dark eyes that stare right through you—it's less about physical beauty and more about raw, psychological intensity. This print captures the bohemian spirit of the era, where artists ditched polite academic rules for jagged lines and high-contrast drama to show what they felt rather than just what they saw.