The Goatherd

1918 · Print · 47.31 × 37.47 cm

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Minneapolis Institute of Art

Minneapolis, United States

It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.

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In this state since: Sep 25, 2026
Source: The museum's own collection data

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Accession number: P.13, 894

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Prints Woodcut Modernism 20th century Germany

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Meanwhile, in the life of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

The whole life

October 1916
An exhibition in Frankfurt: many works sold
After an exhibition at Ludwig Schames’s gallery in Frankfurt am Main in October 1916 Kirchner sold many works and began to do well financially; throughout 1916 he returned to his Berlin studio for a few weeks at a time, and in Königstein he painted a series of oils and many drawings.
summer 1917
The Reusch Hut on the Stafelalp
Resenting Dr. Spengler’s constant watch and doing all he could to deceive him, Kirchner moved to the Reusch Hut on the Stafelalp in the summer of 1917; Erna Schilling stayed in Berlin, looking after the apartment and studio and keeping up commercial and personal contacts in Germany.
19 January 1917
First trip to Davos
On 19 January 1917 Kirchner arrived in Davos at the invitation of Helene Spengler, prompted by Eberhard Grisebach; he saw an exhibition of Ferdinand Hodler’s paintings but, because of exceptionally cold weather, returned to Berlin after only ten days.
April 1917
Death of Botho Graef and the decision to return to Davos
In April 1917 Kirchner’s close friend and mentor Botho Graef died; Kirchner decided to return to Davos for treatment under the lung specialist Dr. Lucius Spengler, who forced him to keep to strict rules and routine.
1917–1918
The Bellevue Sanatorium in Kreuzlingen
At the end of August 1917 Kirchner was visited once more by Henry van de Velde, through whose good offices he was admitted to Ludwig Binswanger’s Bellevue Sanatorium in Kreuzlingen, where he went on painting and making woodcuts.
1918
Moves to the “In den Lärchen” farm in Davos
In 1918 Kirchner received a residence permit and moved to the “In den Lärchen” farm above Längmatte in Davos — first renting a room in the upper hut, and in 1919 the rooms above — and furnished it with furniture he carved himself; he wrote to Henry van de Velde of a beautiful old Grisons house with a kitchen like Rembrandt’s studio.