Floresta mista
1937
Imagine walking through a forest where the trees are dancing a frantic jig—that's the vibe Ernst Ludwig Kirchner gives us here. Created in 1937, just a year before his death, this sketch reflects the artist's turbulent final years in Swiss exile after the Nazis branded his work 'degenerate.' As a founder of the Expressionist group Die Brücke, Kirchner didn't care about realistic leaves; he wanted to capture the raw, nervous energy of nature. The title 'Mischwald' simply means 'mixed forest,' a humble name for a complex, scribbled masterpiece of anxiety and beauty.
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