"Nowhere does one come to know an artist better than in his prints the woodcut is the most graphic of the print processes."
About Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner was a German expressionist painter and printmaker. He was one of the founders of the artists group Die Brücke or "The Bridge", a key group leading to the foundation of Expressionism in 20th-century art. Kirchner volunteered for army service in the First World War, but soon suffered a breakdown and was discharged.
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