Why it matters
Cologne's Hohenzollern Bridge leads to the towers of the cathedral in one of Kirchner's street scenes. A young museum volunteer hid it from the Nazis in 1937, saving it from the 'degenerate art' purge.
Did you know?
- It was painted in May 1914.
- Kirchner was in Cologne at the invitation of the collector Josef Feinhals.
- The Nationalgalerie acquired it in 1921.
Based on the German Wikipedia article Rheinbrücke in Köln (CC BY-SA 4.0).
