Artilleriereitplatz (Artillery Riding Arena)
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Artilleriereitplatz (Artillery Riding Arena), 1915, ink on paper, The Vivian and Gordon Gilkey Graphic Arts Collection, public domain, 81.81.215
This work is not currently on view.
- Title
Artilleriereitplatz (Artillery Riding Arena)
- Related Titles
original language: Artilleriereitplatz
translated: Artillery Riding Arena
- Artist
- Date
1915
- Medium
ink on paper
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image/sheet: 3 1/2 in x 7 3/8 in
- Collection Area
Graphic Arts
- Category
Drawings
- Object Type
drawing
- Culture
German
- Credit Line
The Vivian and Gordon Gilkey Graphic Arts Collection
- Accession Number
81.81.215
- Copyright
public domain
- Terms
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner volunteered for military service but soon suffered a mental collapse and spent the remainder of the war years in a sanitarium in Switzerland. During his short service in the war, Kirchner learned to ride and care for horses, as seen in this small image. The nervous energy of the drawn line suggests the artist's heightened anxiety at the time he made the sketch.
- Exhibitions
2007 The Drawn Line Portland Art Museum
2014 This is War! Graphic Arts from the Great War Portland Art Museum