Dancing Couple in the Snow [reverse]

1925–1926

Declines to found a new group

In Berlin Kirchner met Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, who wanted him to form a new artists’ group; Kirchner politely refused.

1925–1926

A trip to Germany: Frankfurt, Chemnitz, Berlin

At the end of 1925 Kirchner went to Germany, visiting Frankfurt, Chemnitz, where his mother lived, and Berlin. Back in Frauenkirch he wrote to Dr. Hagemann in March 1926 that he was glad to see the old pictures by Rembrandt and Dürer again, while of the moderns hardly anything had gripped him.

1926–1927

Death of Albert Müller and a memorial exhibition

In December 1926 Kirchner’s close friend Albert Müller died of typhoid fever together with his wife Anni; in 1927 Kirchner organised a memorial exhibition for Müller at the Kunsthalle Basel.

1927

A major exhibition in the Davos schoolhouse

In 1927 a major exhibition of Kirchner’s work was held in the schoolhouse in Davos, with positive reviews.

1929

An open letter to the Rot-Blau group

In 1929 Kirchner was forced to distance himself from Rot-Blau after they pledged allegiance to him, which greatly upset him; in “An open letter to the Basel Red-Blue group” in no. 5 of Das Kunstblatt he stated that he was not their patron.

1931

Elected to the Prussian Academy of Arts

In 1931 Kirchner was made a member of the Prussian Academy of Arts in Berlin.