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Press Release Ernst Ludwig Kirchner The Painter as Photographer March 2―June 16, 2019 Mönchsberg [3] Numerous exhibitions have celebrated the painter and sculptor Ernst Press Ludwig Kirchner. The Museum der Moderne Salzburg now presents an Mönchsberg 32 in-depth survey of the artist’s work in photography, the first such show 5020 Salzburg in Austria. Austria T +43 662 842220-601 Salzburg, March 1, 2019. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880 Aschaffenburg, F +43 662 842220-700 DE―1938 Davos, CH) was arguably the only one among the German [email protected] Expressionists who did more than dabble in photography. He left an archive www.museumdermoderne.at of ca. 1,300 glass and celluloid negatives, a collection of vintage prints, and bound albums containing photographic reproductions of his paintings, drawings, sculptures, and graphic art. Numerous exhibitions have offered public audiences opportunities to study Kirchner’s widely acclaimed oeuvre as a painter and sculptor; his photographic work, by contrast, has not received the same attention and appreciation. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. The Painter as Photographer is the first exhibition at an Austrian museum specifically devoted to the artist’s photography. It gathers a selection of ca. 300 photographs, with examples from all genres the artist tried his hand at: from nudes, studio scenes, and portraits to landscape and object photography. “Kirchner did not think of his photography as fine art, but he extensively explored the medium’s possibilities. Working with the camera spurred his creative imagination and helped him devise compositional solutions; his art conversely reflects the vision of an inventory of the world in the photographic image,” as Thorsten Sadowsky, curator of the exhibition and director of the Museum der Moderne Salzburg, observes. Kirchner used photography as a source of inspiration, memory aid, and visual tool in the work on his art. Carefully arranged shots of his sculptures, pictures of visitors in his studio, and photographic documentation of the genesis of a painting in the various stages of its evolution suggest the interplay between photography and fine art in the artist’s oeuvre. Organized in a series of thematic foci, the exhibition at the Museum der Moderne Salzburg undertakes a comprehensive survey of the photographic gaze in Kirchner’s art. A small selection of paintings rounds out the presentation of this little-known segment of the famous German Expressionist’s output. A special section of the exhibition examines Kirchner’s efforts at image cultivation and self-promotion by spotlighting his attempts to control the public’s perception of his life and career through a fictional critic. Between 1920 and 1933, he published six essays on his work under the pseudonym Louis de Marsalle, deftly marketing his own work. In 2016, the Swiss photographer Stephan Bösch (1982 St. Gallen, CH) created Louis de Marsalle. Visite à Davos, a series of large-format black-and-white photographs that put a face to Kirchner’s imaginary alter ego. It will be the first time that the series will be displayed together with Kirchner’s own photographs. Museum der Moderne – Rupertinum Betriebsgesellschaft mbH FN 2386452 1/2 Press Release Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. The Painter as Photographer Firmenbuchgericht Salzburg Press An exhibition produced in cooperation with the Kirchner Museum Davos, CH T +43 662 842220-601 F +43 662 842220-700 Supported by [email protected] www.museumdermoderne.at Boner Stiftung für Kunst und Kultur Curators: Thorsten Sadowsky with Lena Nievers Accompanying program Wednesday, April 17, 2019, 6.30 p.m. Idealism or Reality? Ernst Ludwig Kirchner’s Photographs Lecture by Jill Lloyd, Art historian, Paris, FR, London, UK Press contact Martin Moser T +43 662 842220-601 M +43 664 8549 983 [email protected] Visitor information Museum der Moderne Salzburg Mönchsberg 32 5020 Salzburg, Austria T +43 662 842220 [email protected], www.museumdermoderne.at Hours: Tue to Sun 10 a.m.–6 p.m., Wed 10 a.m. –8 p.m. Admission Mönchsberg Regular € 8.00 Reduced € 6.00 Families € 12.00 Groups € 7.00 Tickets with reduced Mönchsberg lift tariff available at the bottom station. 2/2 Press Release Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. The Painter as Photographer Press Images Ernst Ludwig Kirchner The Painter as Photographer March 2―June 16, 2019 Mönchsberg [3] The use of visual material is permitted exclusively in connection with Press coverage of the exhibition and with reference to the cited picture captions and copyrights. No work may be cut nor altered in any way. Mönchsberg 32 5020 Salzburg Download: http://www.museumdermoderne.at/en/press/ Austria Username: press T +43 662 842220-601 Password: 456789 F +43 662 842220-700 [email protected] www.museumdermoderne.at Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Self-portrait, around 1928 Glass negativ Kirchner Museum Davos Donation Estate Ernst Ludwig Kirchner 1992 Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Nina Hard at the entrance of the house In den Lärchen, Summer 1921 Glass negativ Kirchner Museum Davos Donation Estate Ernst Ludwig Kirchner 1992 Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Erna Schilling (Kirchner) and Ernst Ludwig Kirchner in the studio Berlin-Wilmersdorf, Durlacher Strasse 14, around 1912/14 Glass negativ Kirchner Museum Davos Donation Estate Ernst Ludwig Kirchner 1992 Museum der Moderne – Rupertinum Betriebsgesellschaft mbH FN 2386452 1/4 Press Images Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. The Painter as Photographer Firmenbuchgericht Salzburg Press Ernst Ludwig Kirchner T +43 662 842220-601 Peasant dance on the F +43 662 842220-700 upper floor of the house [email protected] In den Lärchen with a www.museumdermoderne.at self-portrait left, 1919/20 Glass negativ Kirchner Museum Davos Donation Estate Ernst Ludwig Kirchner 1992 Ernst Ludwig Kirchner View south from Kirchner’s summer cabin on the Stafelalp to the Tinzenhorn, around 1919 Glass negativ Kirchner Museum Davos Donation Estate Ernst Ludwig Kirchner 1992 Ernst Ludwig Kirchner The Bildhaueratelier (Sculptor’s studio) next to the Wildbodenhaus (sculptures by Hermann Scherer and one by Kirchner), 1924 Glass negativ Kirchner Museum Davos Donation Estate Ernst Ludwig Kirchner 1992 2/4 Press Images Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. The Painter as Photographer Press T +43 662 842220-601 F +43 662 842220-700 Ernst Ludwig Kirchner [email protected] www.museumdermoderne.at Das Soldatenbad (Gordon 434, 1915) Glass negativ Kirchner Museum Davos Donation Estate Ernst Ludwig Kirchner 1992 Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Elisabeth Hembus as lying nude in the Wildbodenhaus, ca. 1930 Glass negativ Kirchner Museum Davos Donation Estate Ernst Ludwig Kirchner 1992 Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Margreth, Dorothe and Elsbeth Rüesch in front of the barn next to the Wildbodenhaus, ca. 1925 Glass negativ Kirchner Museum Davos Donation Estate Ernst Ludwig Kirchner 1992 3/4 Press Images Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. The Painter as Photographer Press T +43 662 842220-601 F +43 662 842220-700 Ernst Ludwig Kirchner [email protected] www.museumdermoderne.at Reiterin, 1931/32 (Horsewoman) Glass negativ Kirchner Museum Davos Donation Estate Ernst Ludwig Kirchner 1992 Stephan Bösch Louis de Marsalle, Visite à Davos, 2016 Carbon print Courtesy the artist © Stephan Bösch "Louis de Marsalle" on Thursday (March 31, 2014) on the veranda of the Wildbodenhaus in Davos. From 1923 Ernst Ludwig Kirchner lived and worked for fifteen years in a farmhouse in Frauenkirch-Wildboden, the so- called "Wildbodenhaus". On this veranda, the painter portrayed his guests with his camera. Under the pseudonym "Louis de Marsalle" Ernst Ludwig Kirchner wrote reviews of his own works. 4/4 Press Images Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. The Painter as Photographer Exhibition Views Ernst Ludwig Kirchner The Painter as Photographer March 2―June 16, 2019 Mönchsberg [4] Press All: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. The Painter as Photographer Mönchsberg 32 Exhibition view, © Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Photo: Rainer Iglar 5020 Salzburg Austria Download: www.museumdermoderne.at/en/press/detail/ernst-ludwig-kirchner/ T +43 662 842220-601 F +43 662 842220-700 User: press Password: 456789 [email protected] www.museumdermoderne.at Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. The Painter as Photographer Exhibition view © Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Photo: Rainer Iglar Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. The Painter as Photographer Exhibition view © Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Photo: Rainer Iglar Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. The Painter as Photographer Exhibition view © Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Photo: Rainer Iglar Museum der Moderne – Rupertinum Betriebsgesellschaft mbH FN 2386452 1/3 Exhibition Views Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. The Painter as Photographer Firmenbuchgericht Salzburg Press T +43 662 842220-601 F +43 662 842220-700 [email protected] Ernst Ludwig Kirchner www.museumdermoderne.at Reiterin, 1931/32 (The Rider) Oil on canvas Kirchner Museum Davos Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. The Painter as Photographer Exhibition view © Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Photo: Rainer Iglar Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. The Painter as Photographer Exhibition view © Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Photo: Rainer Iglar Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. The Painter as Photographer Exhibition view © Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Photo: Rainer Iglar 2/3 Exhibition Views Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. The Painter as Photographer Press T +43 662 842220-601 F +43 662 842220-700 Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. The [email protected] Painter as Photographer www.museumdermoderne.at Exhibition view © Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Photo: Rainer Iglar Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Bogenschützen, 1935–1937 (Archers) Oil on canvas Kirchner Museum Davos Ernst