Angler near a bridge Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Kirchner’s years in Berlin were characterised by the summer paradises on the island of Fehmarn (1912–1914) beneath a sky that arched all the way to the horizon. In contrast were those days and nights in the capital, Berlin – brimming with gruelling anxieties, which the painter captured in his ‘street scenes’. Here is a striking testament to these struggles: an angler, surrounded by silence – or so one might think. And then there is the steel-blue bridge obscuring the horizon, the facades of the houses insurmountable, harsh. And a waterfall, churning and foaming, carrying unrest and chaos into every corner. The angler – presumably Kirchner himself – stands at the centre of all these burdens. They will catch up with him, bring him to his knees and turn him into a refugee. | 1880 Aschaffenburg - Frauenkirch/Davos 1938 | Moderne Kunst | Arbeiten auf Papier | Nummer: 26x2568 | Provenance: Nachlass des Künstlers, früher sogenannte "Sammlung Gervais, Zürich/Lyon", verso mit der Bezeichnung; Sammlung/Nachlass Serge Sabarsky, New York; Sammlung/Stiftung Vally Sabarsky, New York.

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