Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Photographic self-portrait 1919
Born	Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880-05-06)6 May 1880 Aschaffenburg, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire
Died	15 June 1938(1938-06-15) (aged 58) Frauenkirch-Wildboden [de], Davos, Switzerland
Education	Königliche Technische Hochschule
Known for	Painting and printmaking
Movement	Expressionism
Cause of death	Suicide (allegedly)
Burial place	Waldfriedhof Cemetery, Davos
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (6 May 1880 – 15 June 1938) was a German expressionist painter and printmaker and one of the founders of the artists group Die Brücke or "The Bridge", a key group leading to the foundation of Expressionism in 20th-century art. He volunteered for army service in the First World War, but soon suffered a breakdown and was discharged. His work was branded as "degenerate" by the Nazis in 1933, and in 1937 more than 600 of his works were sold or destroyed.^[1]