Artist

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

1880–1938 · born in Aschaffenburg · died in Davos Frauenkirch

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner was born in Aschaffenburg, Germany, and trained as an architect before he became a founder of the group Die Brücke ('The Bridge'). He lived in Dresden and Berlin and later in the Swiss Alps near Davos. His jagged, colorful paintings made him a star of German Expressionism. He died in Switzerland in 1938.