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Street in Dresden (1908) by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880-1938) Visual Analysis

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880-1938) was a German expressionist and print makers, he
most credited as one of the founders of the group of artists known as Die Brücke
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He had volunteered in
World War I but had suffered a breakdown due to the trauma of it all and was
discharged
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Kirchner was one of the leading figures within the Die Brücke group
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It’s founding members were Fritz Bleyl(1880-1966), Erich
Heckel (1883-1970), and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff(1884-1976) as well a later members
like Emil Nolde(1867-1956) and Otto Mueller(1874-1930)
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However, the difference between Die Brücke and the
Fauves in this instance is that Die Brücke wanted to bridge the gap between past art
and future art
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One of the major paintings at this time from Die Brücke is Kirchner’s Street in
Dresden (1905)
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The
foreground shows the start or the end of the brightly coloured pink street as well as
the bottom of the dresses the women are wearing
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There is also a young girl figured in the centre of the figure, it looks
as though she’s holding someone’s hand but the figure is not showing
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The application of paint is loosely handled and there are no finer details drawn onto
the figures
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Line is used to create shadows and draw the figures
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Colour is stylised and unnatural as the brightest colour is a large stretch of pin which
depicts the street
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Light is so stylised and the overall effect of the painting
is unnerving and uneasy to look at for too long

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