Street, Berlin

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Street, Berlin is a 1913 oil painting by German Expressionist Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, renowned for its vivid colors and distorted forms depicting the frenetic energy and alienation of modern urban life.

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Label Occurrences
Street, Berlin canonical 4
Berlin street scenes 1
Strasse, Berlin 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Expressionist painting
painting
artHistoricalContext pre–World War I Berlin
artStyleCharacteristic dynamic composition
elongated figures
tilted perspective
collection Museum of Modern Art collection
countryOfOrigin Germany
creator Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
creatorMemberOf Die Brücke
creatorNationality German
depicts Berlin
city traffic
pedestrians
street scene
urban life
women in fashionable dress
describedBySource Museum of Modern Art catalogue
art history literature on German Expressionism
exhibitedAt Museum of Modern Art
surface form: Museum of Modern Art, New York
genre Expressionism
surface form: German Expressionism
hasInfluenceOn interpretations of modern city life in art
hasSubjectHeading City and town life in art
Expressionism
surface form: Expressionism (Art)
inception 1913
influencedBy Die Brücke aesthetics
urban modernity
languageOfTitle English
location Museum of Modern Art
New York City
mainSubject alienation
frenetic energy
modern urban life
materialUsed oil paint
movement Expressionism
notableFor depiction of psychological tension in the city
sense of crowding and isolation
use of clashing, non-naturalistic color
originalLanguageOfTitle German
originalTitle Street, Berlin self-linksurface differs
surface form: Strasse, Berlin
partOfSeries Street, Berlin self-linksurface differs
surface form: Berlin street scenes

Street Scenes series
period early 20th century
support canvas
usesColorCharacteristic vivid colors
usesFormCharacteristic distorted forms

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Expressionism notableWork Street, Berlin
Die Brücke notableWork Street, Berlin
this entity surface form: Street scenes of Berlin
Street, Berlin partOfSeries Street, Berlin self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Berlin street scenes
Street, Berlin originalTitle Street, Berlin self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Strasse, Berlin
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner notableWork Street, Berlin
Kirchner notableWork Street, Berlin
subject surface form: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner