The Large Cow Lying Down

The Large Cow Lying Down is a woodcut print created by German artist Ernst Ludwig Kirchner in 1929. The print depicts a cow lying down in a stylized manner. The print is part of Kirchner’s series of woodcuts that he created while living in Switzerland. The print is part of the collection of The Museum of Modern Art in New York City, USA.

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (6 May 1880 – 15 June 1938) was a German expressionist painter and printmaker. He was one of the founders of the artists group Die Brücke or “The Bridge”, a key group leading to the foundation of Expressionism in 20th-century art. Kirchner’s mature works mostly are animals, and are known for bright colors. Kirchner was born in Aschaffenburg, Bavaria. His parents were of Prussian descent and his mother was a descendant of the Huguenots, a fact to which Kirchner often referred.