FO199100004000_000000_001T, 0000/00/00撮影, Public Domain

Still Life with Glasses

Title	Still Life with Glasses
Artist	エルンスト・ルートヴィヒ・キルヒナー　Ernst Ludwig KIRCHNER
Date	1912
Medium	oil on canvas
Dimensions	100.0×74.0
Classification	Paintings
Accession Number	FO199100004000
Summary	This work was created in Kirchner's Berlin studio. The composition is made up fundamentally of straight lines and circles, and the circle plays a particularly dominant role in the painting. For about six monthes starting in the autumn of 1910 Kirchner sought out non-European forms of instiration for his arts, turning to books in the library, and in particular John Griffith's book which led him to the wall paintings Ajanta. The formative techniques based on the circle found in Ajanta paintings can also be seen in this still-life painting. If we were to interpret the meaning of this work, we could see this painting as the antagonistic relationship between the primitive and the natural vs. the modern and the man-made. The wallhanging in the background shows frolicking nude man and woman in an Oceanic or African style. The apples link this pair to Adam and Eve. Kirchner himself carved this fruit bowl in the style of primitive carvings. On the other hand, the glasses and lamp are modern, man-made objects. This work was displayed in the 1937 exhibition of "Degenerate Art."

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Native place	Aschaffenburg, DEU
Birth	1880
Dead place	Frauenkirch, CHE
Died	1938
Biography	Born in Aschaffenburg, on the outskirts of Frankfurt, Germany. Kirchner began to paint when he met Bleyl and Heckel at the Technisch Hochschule in Dresden. With the addition of Schmidt Rottluff, the four men formed the Brucke in 1905, and Kirchner had a leading role in this group. Through the works they created as joint exercises, Kirchner developed a style characterized by strong outlines and rough brushstrokes. When he moved to Berlin in 1911, his distinctive brushstroke became all the more apparent, and he developed a unique style with acutely angled forms. Suffering emotional damage from his experiences in the First World War, Kirchner retired to Davos in Switzerland in 1917 and began to paint majestic mountain scenes. In 1937 Kirchner's health worsened and his sense of isolation increased after the Nazis declared his works "degenerate art", leading him to commit suicide that year in Frauenkirche on the outskirts of Davos.

Still Life with Glasses

Ernst Ludwig KIRCHNER