Mountains (Berge)
Medium
etching and tonal etching in black, touched with gray ink, on blotting paper
Dimensions
plate: 31.1 x 24.8 cm (12 1/4 x 9 3/4 in.) sheet: 56.8 x 39.7 cm (22 3/8 x 15 5/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ruth and Jacob Kainen Collection
Accession Number
1990.66.2
About the Artist
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner · 1880–1938
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner was born on May 6, 1880, in Aschaffenburg, Germany, to parents Ernst and Maria Kirchner, part of a family of Prussian descent that frequently relocated due to his father's career as a chemical technician. After early schooling in various towns, he studied architecture at the Königliche Technische Hochschule (Technical University) in Dresden from 1901 to 1905, taking courses i...