Past Exhibition

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: Paintings, Drawings, and Prints

This painting depicts three individuals in a colorful interior. A man on the left is standing on steps that are coming up from below. He wears a green suit with a white shirt underneath it and holds a hat. His hair appears gray, and he's looking up at a woman standing at the top of the stairs. The woman is turned to the left, looking down at him, with her hands on top of the stair railing. She is wearing a blue striped dress and has short, dark hair. On the right, a man is seated on a patterned orange-and-blue sofa, holding something near his mouth and wearing a green suit. He is also facing the left, looking towards the stairs, and there is a small green window behind him. The people’s skin is painted in shades of pink, purple, and teal. The background of the image includes bold horizontal stripes of red and yellow, with some areas of green behind the man in the chair. The colors in the painting are bright and vibrant, and have been applied with thick, visible brushstrokes.
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, The Visit - Couple and Newcomer, 1922, oil on canvas, Ruth and Jacob Kainen Collection, Gift in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, 1989.60.2

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    East Building, Upper Level
This painting depicts three individuals in a colorful interior. A man on the left is standing on steps that are coming up from below. He wears a green suit with a white shirt underneath it and holds a hat. His hair appears gray, and he's looking up at a woman standing at the top of the stairs. The woman is turned to the left, looking down at him, with her hands on top of the stair railing. She is wearing a blue striped dress and has short, dark hair. On the right, a man is seated on a patterned orange-and-blue sofa, holding something near his mouth and wearing a green suit. He is also facing the left, looking towards the stairs, and there is a small green window behind him. The people’s skin is painted in shades of pink, purple, and teal. The background of the image includes bold horizontal stripes of red and yellow, with some areas of green behind the man in the chair. The colors in the painting are bright and vibrant, and have been applied with thick, visible brushstrokes.
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, The Visit - Couple and Newcomer, 1922, oil on canvas, Ruth and Jacob Kainen Collection, Gift in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, 1989.60.2

Overview: An exhibition of 41 paintings, drawings, and prints by the German expressionist Ernst Ludwig Kirchner was drawn from the Gallery's holdings and from 8 private American collections. The exhibition, on view concurrently with Käthe Kollwitz, was presented as part of the "Tribute to Germany," a Washington-area cultural festival coordinated by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Organization: The exhibition was coordinated by Andrew Robison, Andrew W. Mellon senior curator, and Marla Prather, associate curator of 20th-century art at the National Gallery.

Sponsor: The "Tribute to Germany" was supported by Robert Bosch GmbH, Daimler-Benz, The Deutsche Bank Group, Mannesmann AG, Miles Inc., Siemens, Thyssen AG, and the Federal Republic of Germany. Lufthansa German Airlines provided transportation.

Attendance: 60,604

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