Expressionist painting "Alpleben" by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, limited reproduction

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner had lived in Berlin since 1915 and devoted himself to the sophisticated city life, which he represented with sharp contours and a pronounced feeling of color in his grotesque. However, the First World War led to an abrupt end of this phase: after entering military service, Kirchner suffered a psychological collapse and was released in 1917 for health reasons. In Switzerland he sought relaxation and developed into a natural artist in a second creative phase, which expressed the alpine landscape with bright colors and flowing shapes.