Wrestlers In A Circus By Ernst Kirchner

Modernism is a an era characterized new ideas and lives provided by fast social change, advances in sciences and industrialization. The movement would influence artist to portray a subject that exists in the world, to their own unique perspective. Modernism is a new form of expression stating around the late 19th to the mid 20th century. One specific artwork that has all the characteristic of modern art is the Wrestlers in a Circus by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. . This oil on canvas painting was created in 1909 by German artist Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1800-1938). This particular creation on a course, unvarnished canvas caught my eye because of its intense and crude emotion, vibrant yet subdued colors, different line values, untraditional style and sense of action. Ernst LudwigKirchner was an artist that practice modern art.
The Modern art movement began around 1850 but its styles and characters were defined through the twentieth century. It was a movement where art was influenced by technological advances of the industrial age. Artist were able to represent their experiences of modern life in many ways. Modern art is characterized by the artist mind; the way they portray the world as they see it. Modern artist turn their heads away from the Enlightenment thinking and rejected religious
He saw saw the world in his own perspective and wanted to share it with the world. He was an artist that wanted a simple and direct message to the viewer. In Wrestler in a circus Ernst shows his subject in a more simple form. The audience are painted in an abstract way, not showing much detail. Although he sucessful portray each figure by using a single color and human shape. Not only humans but objects and surroundings. The walls and the floor are paints with organic paintbrush strokes. Not even caring much about perspective, you can tell where the ground and background are located. Ernst uses these techniques to make a simple