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Roman Norbert Ketterer

1911 - 2002

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This tall, vertical painting shows two nude women next to each other, one standing and one sitting. The women both have light skin painted in shades of cream and pale yellow, with highlights of seafoam green, dark blue, and magenta. The seated woman faces us, turned slightly to the right, while the standing woman has her back to us, facing the left and partially blocking the seated woman. Both women appear to have dark hair, although their hair and the edges of their faces blur together against a patch of dark green in the background. Outside of this green patch, the wall behind them is a vibrant orange with streaks of dark and light green. The floor beneath the women is a bright coral color with swirling patterns in yellow and green, like a patterned rug. Below the chair under the seated woman is a patch of dark red with dark green lines. The brushstrokes in the painting are thick and bold, layering bright colors over one another.
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Two Nudes [obverse], 1907, oil on canvas, Gift of Wilhelmina and Wallace F. Holladay and Ruth and Jacob Kainen, 1979.66.1.a

Two Nudes [obverse]

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner · 1907 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1979.66.1.a

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Bather on the Beach, 1912/1913, black crayon with blue and gray wash, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Kainen in honor of Charles Parkhurst, 1983.6.1

Bather on the Beach

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner · 1912/1913 · black crayon with blue and gray wash ·  Accession ID  1983.6.1

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Peasant and Girl, 1921, color etching printed in black, red and blue, Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen, 2012.92.723

Peasant and Girl

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner · 1921 · color etching printed in black, red and blue ·  Accession ID  2012.92.723

Two nude women, painted in vibrant coral peach and bubblegum pink, stand under a red umbrella in a landscape in this stylized, vertical painting. The scene is painted with areas of flat or streaked color with visible brushstrokes throughout. The women and umbrella take up most of the picture. The woman on our left stands facing our right almost in profile. Her skin is vivid peach. Slashes of red outline her breasts, groin, and legs. Her hair, eyes, and eyebrows are painted with black strokes. She stands on one leg and stretches the other in front of her to overlap the far foot of the other woman. The first woman hooks her arm through the elbow of the other, who stands facing us to our right. This second woman has vivid pink skin also outlined in red. Her face is a darker shade of pink, resembling a mask, and her eyes are parallel strokes of black and blue. Her left arm, on our right, hangs by her side, and she holds the umbrella with the other arm. She either wears a hat or her hair is painted with alternating bands of black, red, and brown, and there is a red flower or bow to one side. Black lines in the candy-red umbrella suggest a rib on the underside and the handle. Cobalt-blue branches of a tree above the women has blue and green leaves. The landscape beyond them is made up of bands of acid green, yellow, saturated blue, and cool green.
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Two Girls under an Umbrella, 1910, oil on canvas, Collection of Arnold and Joan Saltzman, 1992.58.1

Two Girls under an Umbrella

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner · 1910 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1992.58.1

In this tall, thin painting, a nude person stands in a strange position. Their lower body is seen from the back, while their upper body appears to face us, with their head turned towards the left. The individual has light skin and short, dark hair styled close to their scalp, partially covering their forehead. The person holds a thin white fabric or cloth in both hands, and it appears to drape around their shoulders and behind them. The background features a bold palette of colors, with a vivid yellow area on the top and right and a black rectangle on the left, framing the figure's lower body. The floor beneath the figure is a muted green color.
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Nude Figure [reverse], 1907, oil on canvas, Gift of Wilhelmina and Wallace F. Holladay and Ruth and Jacob Kainen, 1979.66.1.b

Nude Figure [reverse]

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner · 1907 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1979.66.1.b

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Dodo Arranging Her Hair, 1909, etching and burnishing, Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen, 2012.92.46

Dodo Arranging Her Hair

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner · 1909 · etching and burnishing ·  Accession ID  2012.92.46

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Mary Wigman's Dance, 1933, woodcut in black touched with black ink on wove paper, Ruth and Jacob Kainen Collection, Gift in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, 1991.156.8

Mary Wigman's Dance

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner · 1933 · woodcut in black touched with black ink on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1991.156.8

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Erna Bathing in a Tub, 1913/1914, pen and ink over clear water washes over color crayons on wove paper, Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen, 2012.92.21

Erna Bathing in a Tub

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner · 1913/1914 · pen and ink over clear water washes over color crayons on wove paper ·  Accession ID  2012.92.21

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Dreaming Girl, 1906, etching, Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen, 2012.92.708

Dreaming Girl

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner · 1906 · etching ·  Accession ID  2012.92.708

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Old Market in Dresden with a Fair (Der Altmarkt in Dresden mit Jahrmarkt), 1910, lithograph on wove paper, Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen, 2012.92.733

Old Market in Dresden with a Fair (Der Altmarkt in Dresden mit Jahrmarkt)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner · 1910 · lithograph on wove paper ·  Accession ID  2012.92.733