File:Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. The Murderer (1914) (24818343310).jpg

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This print was inspired by Emile Zola's 1890 novel La Bête humaine (The human beast), about a railroad engine driver compelled to murder the women he finds sexually attractive. Kirchner used slashing, frenzied lines to depict the heinous killings, which he may have implicitly linked to sensationalized crimes of his own day. Blood oozing from the victim’s abdomen matches the color of the curtains and rug that tightly enclose the room.

© Gallery label from German Expressionism: The Graphic Impulse, March 27–July 11, 2011
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Author yakovlev.alexey from Moscow, Russia

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by yakovlev.alexey at https://flickr.com/photos/30628571@N04/24818343310 (archive). It was reviewed on 11 November 2017 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-sa-2.0.

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