1914
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Couple in Front of a Carriage is a 1914 ink by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows two people standing close together, their bodies drawn in quick, jagged lines. Behind them, a carriage is barely visible—just a few wavy strokes and a circle for the wheel. The whole image feels rough and hurried, like the artist scribbled it fast. The lines are uneven, almost like scratching into the surface. This isn’t smooth ink—it looks like the artist used a sharp tool to carve into the plate first. Next, check out etching to see how artists like this make marks by scratching into metal.
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (6 May 1880 – 15 June 1938) was a German expressionist painter and printmaker.
See the richer artist page
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