Head Study 1915 - 1920

"Head Study" is a charcoal drawing by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, created between 1915 and 1920. The piece, currently housed at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, depicts a woman's head in profile, executed with gestural, expressive lines. The study exemplifies Kirchner's signature style, characterized by angularity and a sense of emotional intensity, reflecting the anxieties and social changes of early 20th-century Germany. Kirchner was a founding member of the German Expressionist movement, a group of artists known for their exploration of subjective emotions and the distortion of forms.