Mountain Landscape with Fir Trees (1918/19): Art, History and Details

Mountain Landscape with Fir Trees (1918/19) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (German, 1880–1938).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Following his discharge from the military after a mental and physical breakdown in 1915, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner took refuge at a sanitarium near Davos, Switzerland. The alpine landscape provided a new focus for his work and became a metaphor for his spiritual regeneration. Kirchner sketched this scene with black ink swept over graphite. His viewpoint is one of self-absorption, from within the mountain range rather than from above, a subjective view with vigorous marks that imbue the scene with energy.

Object facts

• Title: Mountain Landscape with Fir Trees
• Date: 1918/19
• Creator attribution: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (German, 1880–1938)
• Culture: Germany, 20th century
• Type: Drawing
• Technique: graphite and brush and black ink
• Dimensions: Sheet: 34.6 x 50.7 cm (13 5/8 x 19 15/16 in.)
• Collection: DR - German
• Department: Drawings
• Accession number: 1963.86

Collection credit

Delia E. Holden and L. E. Holden Funds

Further reading listed by the museum

• The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
• The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
• The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.

View the collection record

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