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Article: Kirchner exhibit presents never-seen before works. (Washington, D.C.).(Ernst Ludwig Kirchner)
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- Art Business News
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- March 1, 2003
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"While admired by American collectors since the Armory Show of 1913, Kirchner has not been as visible to the public as other 20th-century German artists," said Earl A. Powell III, director of the National Gallery of Art, which is premiering the first major international exhibition of paintings, prints, drawings and sculptures by the innovative German artist to be seen in the United States in more than 30 years.
"Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1880-1938," contains both well-known masterpieces and works that have never been shown publicly before. Influenced by the art of Rembrandt, Van Gogh and Gauguin, as well as the art of Africa, Oceania and India, Kirchner created ...