Erisava Staff Aug 1

Wrestlers in a Circus by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1909

Wrestlers in a Circus

Cleveland Museum of Art · wikidata.org

Public domain

They say Kirchner and his Die Brücke friends thought cheap, loud entertainment — circuses, wrestling matches, variety halls — was more honest than anything on a proper stage.

Erisava: Is this actually a fight, or does it just look violent because of the colors?

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