..how the movement of the passers-by [in his Street scene painting of 191-14] is comprehended in the rhombus of the heads which is twice repeated. In… - Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

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..how the movement of the passers-by [in his Street scene painting of 191-14] is comprehended in the rhombus of the heads which is twice repeated. In this way life and movement arise from an original geometric form. [Kirchner designed a diagram together with this line in the letter]

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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (6 May 1880 – 15 June 1938) was a German expressionist painter and one of the founders of the artists group Die Brücke (The Bridge).

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Alternative Names: E. L. Kirchner L. de Marselle Ernst-Ludwig Kirchner L. De Marsalle Louis de Marsalle ErnStLudwig Kirchner Ernest Ludwig Kirchner E Kirchner Emil Ludwig Kirchner ludwig kirchner Kirchner
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Many thanks for your letter and the Gauguin woodcuts.. .One can see, incidentally, that Gauguin had Persian miniatures, Indian batik and Chinese art in his very blood. The shapes of the birds and the horse show that clearly. But although it looks very well, Gauguin can't stimulate us present-day artists much. We need a direct route from life to plastic form. And we get it by perpetually drawing everything we see.

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