Lovis Corinth

Dr. Arthur Rosin, Berlin & New York
Thence by descent to the present owner


The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Thomas Deecke.

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down, hinged to the mount in the top two corners. All four edges are deckled. There are glue remnants along all four edges of the reverse and some discolouration to all four edges, all due to different previous mounting, not visible when framed. There are some original artist's brushstrokes to the right edge of the work, not visible when framed. This work is in good original condition. Colours: Overall fairly accurate in the printed catalogue, although slightly more vibrant in the original.
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LOVIS CORINTH (1858-1925)
LOTS 193-197

'Throughout Corinth's career, the act of painting remained, in one sense or another, an embodiment of passion, expressing a deep love for the world and a recognition of the suffering it embraced' (Peter-Klaus Schuster, Christoph Vitali & Barbara Butts (ed.), Lovis Corinth, Munich & New York, 1996, p. 7).

Lovis Corinth was one of the most fascinating artists to emerge from turn-of-the-century Germany. Together with Max Beckmann and Oskar Kokoschka he became one of the greatest figurative painters of the early 20th Century, having resisted any art historical categorisation.

The following group of works are a wonderful representation of the artist's mature work, which continued to be an inspiration to representatives of subsequent movements. Corinth's art of this period reflects the artist's reactions to the socio-political changes induced by the First World War as well as the stylistic transformations of his later years. Compositions are rendered in an interplay of broad, energetic lines and brushstrokes, the paint thickly applied in sweeping movements to produce the hatching that became the artist's signature style.

As a group, the works exhibit the wide range of Corinth's remarkable talent and as such provide a fascinating insight into the artist's creative versatility.