Siesta
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
1911-1912
Medium
lithograph printed in black
Dimensions
image: 31.5 x 42.5 cm (12 3/8 x 16 3/4 in.) sheet: 36.5 x 56.2 cm (14 3/8 x 22 1/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen
Accession Number
2012.92.735
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...