Ernst Ludwig Kirchner - The Divided Self

Ernst Ludwig Kircher - one of the most successful German expressionists. A controversial Artist. He often painted women naked, while the men were mostly dressed. And he brought girls into the studio. Also naked and in questionable poses. Is modern art history inevitably associated with provocation and scandals? After the Me Too debate and abuse scandals in church and society, how do we look at Kirchner’s art at the beginning of the 20th century?

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