Curved Railroad Tracks, Taunus (Bahnkurve Taunus), study for 1916 lithograph Landscape in Taunus (Landschaft im Taunus) / Ernst Kirchner
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2007/2.103
- Title
- Curved Railroad Tracks, Taunus (Bahnkurve Taunus), study for 1916 lithograph Landscape in Taunus (Landschaft im Taunus)
- Artist
- Ernst Kirchner
- Artist Nationality
- German
- Artist Life Dates
- 1880-1938
- Medium and Support
- ink on artist board
- Object Creation Date
- 1915
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- Germany (nation)
- Saxony (state)
- Königstein (near Dresden)
- in Taunus Mountains
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Germany (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Saxony (state)
- Creation Place 4
- Königstein (near Dresden)
- Creation Place 5
- in Taunus Mountains
- Style/Group/Movement
- German Expressionism / Die Brücke
- Inscription
- VERSO. Inscribed in ink and pencil, center: LHG
- Incribed in pencil, lower left: 369
- Dimensions
- 19.37 cm x 20.96 cm (7 5/8 in. x 8 1/4 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Drawing
- Primary Object Type
- study
- Secondary Object Classification
- Drawing
- Secondary Object Type
- landscape
- Physical Description
- Train tracks curve from bottom center upward through center and off to the left; steaming locomotive pulling three freight cars past three storage sheds located in center of track loop. The background shows 3 mountain peaks, echoed in three clouds overhead. In the foreground, bottom corners are trees or other dense foliage. Artist's sketch from life; Kirchner developed a rapid, stroke-oriented (as opposed to detail-oriented) sketch style when out in the world.
- Subject Matter
- A freight train chugs through the Taunus mountain range, Germany.
- Primary Keywords
- landscapes (environments)
- locomotives
- mountain region (general region)
- train tracks
- trains
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- geographic and political locations
- north and central america (continent)
- objects
- settlements and landscapes
- transportation
- united states (nation)
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 2406 x 2136
- File Size
- 706 KB
- Record
- 2007/2.103
- Link to this Item
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"Curved Railroad Tracks, Taunus (Bahnkurve Taunus), study for 1916 lithograph Landscape in Taunus (Landschaft im Taunus); Ernst Kirchner." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2007-sl-2.103/2007_2_103.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.
