Cyclamen

1918–19

Not on view

In late 1918 Kirchner moved to a rented farmhouse near Frauenkirch, a few miles from Davos in Switzerland. Upon moving, a period of artistic and physical recovery began for the artist. His experience in World War I had precipitated a deep and long lasting crisis. Cyclamen belongs to a series of still lifes that attest to the artist’s newfound serenity. The study of mountains on the verso is related to the painting Winter Landscape in Moonlight (1919, Detroit Institute of Arts). Compositionally and stylistically, the mountain study on the verso is the more interesting work.

Artwork Details

Title: Cyclamen
Artist: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (German, Aschaffenburg 1880–1938 Frauenkirch)
Date: 1918–19
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 32 7/8 × 24 in. (83.5 × 61 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Bequest of Ruth A. Mueller, 2015
Object Number: 2018.212
Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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Bathers Throwing Reeds, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner German, Woodcut — Bathers Throwing Reeds
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Portrait of David Müller, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner German, Woodcut — Portrait of David Müller
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Head of a Woman (Franzi), Ernst Ludwig Kirchner German, Black ink on paper — Head of a Woman (Franzi)
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Woman at a Bar, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner German, Graphite on paper — Woman at a Bar
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Junkernboden, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner German, Color woodcut, working proofs recto and verso; recto: black ink with traces of yellow and green ink and wax crayon; verso: black, pink, dark red, and two shades of green ink — Junkernboden
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