The Remarkable Expressionism of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Who? Painter and printmaker Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, born in Bavaria in 1880, was one of Expressionism's most important pioneers. A founding member of the German artists’ group, Die Brücke ('The Bridge') – whose manifesto was "to achieve freedom of life and action against the well-established older forces" – Kirchner's principal aim was to 'bridge' the gap between Germany's conservative past and the more liberal ideas of the present. The work of Edvard Munch…