Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Flower Beds in the Dresden Gardens [recto]; Nude (Portrait of Dodo) [verso]
1909
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Flower Beds in the Dresden Gardens [recto]; Nude (Portrait of Dodo) [verso]
1909
Physical Qualities
Oil on canvas, 30 1/2 x 37 1/4 in. (77.5 x 94.6 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Curt Valentin Gallery, Inc.
Object Number
1953.33
Here, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner combined vivid colors and undulating
forms to transform the Grand Garden in Dresden, Germany, into
a wild and lively landscape. The urban park was designed in the
17th century and featured the straight avenues and symmetrically
arranged lawns popular in France at the time. However, Kirchner
drew inspiration for this painting from areas of the park that were
designed in the English style with labyrinthine paths, little forests,
and meadows. He admired artists like Henri Matisse (1869–1954),
whose pioneering use of bold color combinations in the early 20th
century similarly embodied a spirit of freedom.
Publication References
Baltimore Museum of Art News, June-Summer 1953, ill. cover.
BMA News, June 1957, ill. p. 3.
Donald E. Gordon, "Ernst Ludwig Kirchner," Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1968, no. 100, p. 280, ill. verso p. 422.
Lloyd, Jill and Janis Staggs, eds. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. New York: Neue Galerie: Munich: Prestel Verlag, 2019
Rosenthal, Gertrude, ed. From El Greco to Pollock: Early and Late Works by European and American Artists. Baltimore, MD: Baltimore Museum of Art, 1968, pp. 138, ill.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1953; Curt Valentin Gallery; Buchholz Gallery, New York (Curt Valentin); Kirchner Estate (after artist's death in 1938); Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
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