Reading Boy
ca. 1921
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, a founding member of the German Expressionist group Die Brücke, captures a quiet moment of concentration in this sketch of a reading boy. The jagged, energetic lines and the boy's tilted hat give the drawing a sense of movement, even though the subject is perfectly still. Created around 1921, this piece shows Kirchner's distinctive angular style, where faces often look a bit like masks. It’s a wonderful example of how Expressionists used rough, scratchy marks to convey feeling rather than just copying reality.
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