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Artist:
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
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Title:
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Dance Training
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Date:
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1910-1911 (altered 1920)
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Medium:
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Oil on canvas
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Dimensions:
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47 x 35 1/4 in. (119.38 x 89.54 cm) (canvas)
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Credit Line:
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Gift of Mrs. Charles Meech
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Location:
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Gallery 371
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The many nudes in Kirchner's works reflect his interest in sexual freedom and the contemporary cults of nudity and athleticism. He also frequently used the dance atelier to symbolize his own studio, a communal workshop for members of The Bridge (Die Brücke). By combining nude figures with studio settings, Kirchner evoked the frank spontaneity and bohemian sensuality so admired by all the Brücke painters.
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Artist/Creator(s)
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Name:
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Kirchner, Ernst Ludwig
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Nationality:
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German
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Life Dates:
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German, 1880 - 1938
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Object Description
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Inscriptions:
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Signature and Stamp UR (scratched in green paint): [EL Kirchner]; UL (scratched in green paint): [k]; LL on verso: [E.L.
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Classification:
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Paintings
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Physical Description:
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Alterations made to the painting in the 1920's; composition exists on verso of a woman after her bath.
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Creation Place:
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Europe, Germany, , ,
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Accession #:
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80.27
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Owner:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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