The German expressionist painter Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880-1938) sought to give form to subjective impressions through vehement renderings of nature, tempered by an emphasis on compositional structure that constantly increased in significance as he...

"While admired by American collectors since the Armory Show of 1913, Kirchner has not been as visible to the public as other 20th-century German artists," said Earl A. Powell III, director of the National Gallery of Art, which is premiering the first major...

NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART The most haunting and seductive of the German Expressionists, Kirchner was a founder of the Dresden-based Die Briicke in 1905 and the group's most ardent apologist. With thirtyfive paintings, five sculptures, and eighty-plus works on paper, this retrospective curated...

The group of young Germans who, in 1905, proudly called themselves Die Brücke ("The Bridge") derived their name from Nietzsche's Thus Spake Zarathustra, one of the radical philosophical tracts of the period. (The key passage reads: "What is great about a man is that he...

New York is awash in Expressionism. Glitter and Doom, a grim parade of Weimar-era portraits, was at the Met earlier this year. From Berlin to Broadway, a collection of modern German and Austrian works on paper bequeathed by Cabaret lyricist Fred Ebb, is currently at...