26 April 2007 – 9 September 2007

Focus on Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: The Life, 1927-1932

Life, 1927-1932 (Inv. No. 2111)
Life, which measures just a little less than three by three meters of width, is the largest and most motivically elaborate tapestry by the German Expressionist Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. Against the background of simple rural life in the Swiss Alps, Kirchner formulated the motif of a worldview that contrasted rural and urban dwellers, allowing biographical elements into his work. This tapestry was hand-woven based on Kirchner’s designs by the weaver Lise Gujer; the idea and commission came from the collector and patron Carl Hagemann. The exhibition draws attention to this outstanding work by Kirchner and details the awarding of the commission, the development of the work, the process of producing it, and its provenance prior to reaching the Städel in 1966.

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700 years of European history are represented in a collection of 2,700 paintings, 600 sculptures and 100,000 prints and drawings by artists ranging from Dürer, Holbein and Cranach to Rembrandt, Vermeer, Monet, Van Gogh and Cézanne to Matisse and Picasso, Bacon and Baselitz, Serra and Palermo.

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