Kämpfe – Qualen der Liebe 1915

"Kämpfe – Qualen der Liebe" (Struggles – Torments of Love), a 1915 woodcut by German Expressionist artist Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, depicts a solitary figure with an anguished expression. Bold, angular lines, flat planes of color, and a disjointed composition convey the emotional turmoil and the artist’s signature style, which rejected traditional perspective and embraced emotional intensity. Kirchner’s work often reflected his fascination with the urban landscape and the anxieties of modern life, themes that resonate with the artistic and social upheavals of early 20th-century Germany.