Brandenburg Gate, 1929

Title

Brandenburg Gate

Painter

• Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Period Produced

• 20th century

School

• expressionism

Object Type

• painting (artwork)

Physical Description

Oil on canvas

Material

• canvas

Technique

• oil

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert und datiert unten: E L. Kirchner 29

Work Catalogues

• Gordon 1968, Nr. 437

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Modern Art 1800–1945

Collection

• permanent loan

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Dauerleihgabe der SEB, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

On permanent loan from SEB, Frankfurt am Main, since 1977

Genre

• city view

Main Motif

• Brandenburg Gate (Berlin)
• street scene
• vehicle
• group of people
• tree
• Berlin
• Quadriga (Brandenburg Gate)
• Pariser Platz (Berlin)
• Grosser Tiergarten (Berlin)
• Berlin-Mitte

Primary

• 25I1 city-view in general; 'veduta'
• 61F(BRANDENBURGER TOR (Berlin)) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (BRANDENBURGER TOR (Berlin))
• 61E(BERLIN) names of cities and villages (BERLIN)
• 46C14241 quadriga
• 25G3 trees
• 61F(PARISER PLATZ (Berlin)) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (PARISER PLATZ (Berlin))
• 61F(GROSSER TIERGARTEN (Berlin)) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (GROSSER TIERGARTEN (Berlin))
• 61E(BERLIN-MITTE) names of cities and villages (BERLIN-MITTE)
• 46A7 crowd, mob

Secondary

• 25I141 street
• 46C116 cross-roads, bifurcation
• 46C125 bicycle
• 46C161 automobile
• 46C162 bus, coach
• 48C161 column, pillar ~ architecture
• 41B33 lantern
• 22C4(BLUE) colours, pigments, and paints: blue
• 22C4(GREEN) colours, pigments, and paints: green