Ritratto di Max Pechstein
1906
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner carved this fierce portrait of his friend and fellow artist Max Pechstein around 1906, right as the German Expressionist group *Die Brücke* was taking shape. Notice the jagged, almost violent white lines cutting through the heavy black ink—this is a woodcut, a technique the group loved because it felt raw and 'primitive' compared to polished oil paintings. The two artists were close collaborators, though their friendship eventually soured into a bitter rivalry. You can see Kirchner's signature on the bottom left, and what looks like Pechstein's signature on the right, suggesting this print might have been a personal exchange between the two avant-garde pioneers.
- Technique
- Woodcut
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