{"product_id":"9783858817068","title":"Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and Friends: Expressionism from the Swiss Mountains","description":"\u003cp\u003eErnst Kirchner, seminal expressionist painter and founding member of the influential artists’ collective Die Brücke, came to the Swiss mountains during World War I to recuperate from a nervous breakdown.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eErnst Ludwig Kirchner and his Friends\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book to explore how Kirchner became a role model, teacher, and mentor for younger artists during his time in Davos.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe momentous artistic exchange between Kirchner and his young admirers—whose ranks included the German Philipp Bauknecht, the Dutch Jan Wiegers, and the members of the Swiss Gruppe Rot-Blau—established a dialogue that had a formative influence on the direction of European art in the twentieth century. This matchless volume provides a record of the extraordinary bond that developed between a legendary—yet ailing—artist and the up-and-coming Gruppe Rot-Blaue in Switzerland.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Scheidegger and Spiess","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47055043231984,"sku":"9783858817068","price":103.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9783858817068_p0.jpg?v=1763697081","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9783858817068","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}