Museum Art Reproductions Women in the street by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880-1938, Germany) | WahooArt.com

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (i) - Expressionism (i) “Women in the Street” (1915) has startling chartreuse background with dark forest green dress and deep blue dress worn by the familiar prostitutes, framed centrally again. A rather effeminate man stands to the right, almost blending with the women, but his trousers peeking from beneath his coat and his bowler hat reveals his true sex. He looks demurely down in the direction of the woman in green’s feet while she and her companion stare boldly at us, upsetting traditional viewing gender rules, while calling attention to the viewer’s own participation in the voyeuristic game.