Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

1880

Was born May 6, 1880 in Aschaffenburg, Germany

1901-1905

Architectural studies at the “Technische Universität Dresden”

1904

Studies in Munich

1905

Foundation of the artist group “Die Brücke” in association with his classmates Erich Heckel, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff and Fritz Bleyl

1906

Acquaintance with Doris Große who had been his favorite model until 1911

1911

Relocation to Berlin and foundation of the private school of arts “MUIM-Institut” in conjunction with Hermann Max Pechstein

1913

“Chronik der Brücke” (Brücke chronicle) led to the ending of the group

1915/16

Volunteered in military service

1928

Participation in the Biennale di Venezia

1931

Accession to the Prussian academy of arts

1937

Defamation of his oeuvre through the Nazis

1938

Committed suicide June 15, 1938

A selection

2025

Rediscovered and Reunited. Frames and Pictures by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Kirchner Museum Davos. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. Between Painting and Photography, Kirchner Museum Davos.

2019–2020

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Neue Galerie, New York.

2016–2017

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: Hieroglyphs, Hamburger Bahnhof – National Gallery of Contemporary Art, Berlin.

2012

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Fundación MAPFRE, Madrid.

2010

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner – Retrospective, Städel Museum, Frankfurt.

2008

Kirchner and the Berlin Street, The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York.

1997

The Early Years. Dresden and Berlin – Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Hamburger Kunsthalle.

1979–1980

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin.

1937

Solo exhibitions at the Kunsthalle Basel and the Detroit Institute of Arts (USA).

1933

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Retrospective, Kunsthalle Bern.