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   52. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner illustrated the 1924 reprint of Umbra Vitae (Shadow of life), a posthumous collection of Georg Heym's Expressionist poems that was first published in 1912, the year of the poet's premature death, at age twenty-four, by drowning. Kirchner, who owned a copy of the earlier edition and knew the poems very well, designed ...

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   Umbra Vitae is Kirchner’s masterpiece in book art. The artist was obsessed by Heym’s haunting poems, which explore such themes as alienation, death, estrangement, loneliness, and war. Kirchner selected the poems included here, created corresponding images, and designed the book. In 1915 he had enlisted "involuntarily voluntarily" in the ...

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   Ernst Ludwig Kirchner illustrated the 1924 reprint of Umbra Vitae (Shadow of life), a posthumous collection of Georg Heym's Expressionist poems that was first published in 1912, the year of the poet's premature death, at age twenty-four, by drowning. Kirchner, who owned a copy of the earlier edition and knew the poems very well, designed all of the elements himself, including the 46 woodcuts ...

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   An attempt by Heym to draw one of his ‘imaginations’ of madness. In the text above he laments that ‘Heaven denied me a gift for drawing’ and explains that he has long had an image of a madman in his minds eye. Reproduced in Am Ufer des blauen Tags. However, in 1924, a new edition of Umbra Vitae appeared, designed and illustrated by ...

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   Ernst Ludwig Kirchner illustrated the 1924 reprint of Umbra Vitae (Shadow of life), a posthumous collection of Georg Heym's Expressionist poems that was first published in 1912, the year of the poet's premature death, at age twenty-four, by drowning. Kirchner, who owned a copy of the earlier edition and knew the poems very well, designed all of the elements himself, including the 46 woodcuts ...

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   Der Krieg (The War) (headpiece, page 3) from Georg Heym: Umbra Vitae (Georg Heym: Shadow of Life) Die Morgue (The Morgue) (headpiece, page 5) from Georg Heym: Umbra Vitae (Georg Heym: The Shadow of Life) Die Seefahrer (The Seafarer) (headpiece, page 10) from Georg Heym: Umbra Vitae (Georg Heym: The Shadow of Life) National Gallery of Art.

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   What is the size of Umbra vitae?

   • Umbra vitae (Shadow of Life). 1924. Georg Heym. Illustrated book with fifty woodcuts. page: 9 1/16 x 6 1/8" (23 x 15.6 cm); overall: 9 5/16 x 6 7/16 x 1/2" (23.6 x 16.4 x 1.2 cm). Kurt Wolff Verlag, Munich. Spamersche Buchdruckerei, Leipzig.

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   Did Ernst Ludwig Kirchner design Umbra vitae?

   • Reproduced in Am Ufer des blauen Tags. However, in 1924, a new edition of Umbra Vitae appeared, designed and illustrated by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, which succeeded brilliantly in giving visual form to Heym’s work. Front and back covers of Georg Heym, Umbra Vitae: nachgelassene Gedichte, mit 47 Originalholzschnitten von Ernst Ludwig Kirchner.

   ‘Umbra Vitae’: Expressionism in Word and Image

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   Why did Kirchner buy Umbra vitae?

   • Kirchner acquired a copy of Umbra Vitae shortly after publication and clearly felt an affinity with Heym’s verse since he soon began drawing pictures to accompany the poems in the blank spaces on the pages.

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   Artist's mock-up of Georg Heym: Umbra Vitae (Georg Heym: Shadow of Life) 2012.92.40.1-51 Alle Landschaften Haben I (All Landscapes Have I) (in-text plate) from mock-up of Georg Heym: Umbra Vitae (Georg Heym: Shadow of Life)