Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (6 May 1880 – 15 June 1938) was a German expressionist painter and printmaker and one of the founders of the artists group “Die Brücke” (“The Bridge”), a key group leading to the foundation of Expressionism in 20th-century art.
01 – Bathers (Badende), 1912. Woodcut on heavy wove paper, Image: 4 x 2 3/4 in. (10.2 x 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Dr. F.H. Hirschland, 55.165.
02 – Woman, Tying Shoe (Frau Schuh zuknöpfend), 1912. Woodcut on laid paper, Image: 12 1/8 x 9 7/8 in. (30.8 x 25.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of J. B. Neumann, 48.172.3