Two Girls Bathing 1913
ernstludwigkirchner
stadelmuseum
drawing, woodcut
17_20th-century
drawing
light pencil work
blue ink drawing
childish illustration
pen sketch
personal sketchbook
ink drawing experimentation
pen-ink sketch
woodcut
sketchbook drawing
watercolour illustration
sketchbook art
"Two Girls Bathing" is a 1913 woodcut by German Expressionist artist Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. The work depicts two nude women in a simplified, angular style, characteristic of Kirchner's work. The bold lines and vivid red color evoke a sense of emotional intensity, reflecting the turbulent social and artistic atmosphere of the early 20th century. This print, now housed at the Städel Museum, exemplifies Kirchner's exploration of modern urban life and the changing role of women in society.
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Kirchner once remarked that movement is the key to “human sensibility and visual experience”. It is also the subject of this woodcut. Here nature has been reduced to an abstract ornament that in a sense dictates the beat for the rhythmically moving bodies. For “Two Girls Bathing”, the artist coloured the wooden block partially in black and partially in red. Often employed by Kirchner, this is a method that produces only unique prints (monotypes).
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