Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880-1938) ~ Girl under the Japanese Umbrella, 1909 ✿

 Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880-1938) Girl under the Japanese Umbrella, detail 1909

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880-1938) was a German expressionist painter and printmaker and one of the founders of the artists group Die Brücke or "The Bridge", a key group leading to the foundation of Expressionism in 20th-century art.