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KIRCHNER, Ernst Ludwig: Selbstbildnis als Soldat

🖼 Selbstbildnis als Soldat, 1915
Oil on canvas
69 × 61 cm
Oberlin, USA

Vivid expressionist brushstrokes depict a hollow-eyed soldier in military uniform, his face gaunt and distorted against a shadowy interior. Kirchner's raw self-portrait confronts WWI trauma and psychological breakdown, becoming an iconic indictment of war's devastating human cost.

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E. H. Gombrich
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