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.


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, New York
genre German Expressionism
hasInfluenceOn interpretations of modern city life in art
hasSubjectHeading City and town life in art
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 Strasse, Berlin
partOfSeries Berlin street scenes
Street Scenes series
period early 20th century
support canvas
usesColorCharacteristic vivid colors
usesFormCharacteristic distorted forms

Referenced by (5)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Die Brücke ("Street scenes of Berlin")
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Expressionism
notableWork
Street, Berlin ("Strasse, Berlin")
originalTitle
Street, Berlin ("Berlin street scenes")
partOfSeries

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