Head Waiter in Café

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1904

This is a painting of an interior space with stylized elements including a bust, a table, and decorative patterns. The composition includes a prominent orange background with vertical wavy lines. In the foreground, there is a table with an object that might be a book, and in the center area, a thick white column with marble-like designs supports a greenish bust sculpture. The painting's style uses bold outlines and flat areas of color. This is in style of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner.
Artist
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Date
1904
Type
Print
Medium
color woodcut in violet, orange, yellow and green
Dimensions
15 × 9 cm
Collection
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Licence
Public domain, CC0

Image description

This is a painting of an interior space with stylized elements including a bust, a table, and decorative patterns. The composition includes a prominent orange background with vertical wavy lines. In the foreground, there is a table with an object that might be a book, and in the center area, a thick white column with marble-like designs supports a greenish bust sculpture. The painting's style uses bold outlines and flat areas of color. This is in style of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner.

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner