Lovis Corinth
Germany

Das Funfte Kapitel, n.d.
10.63 x 9.13 in.
Lithograph
Sweeney Art Gallery Permanent Collection
Gift of Henry W. Coil, Jr.
96.1.21

Lovis Corinth has been aligned with the German Impressionists and Expressionists, though he did not consider himself to be either. He was profoundly influenced by the Dutch masters including Rembrandt and Rubens. He studied at the Munich Academy in the 1880s, where he was influenced by Courbet and the Barbizon school. Corinth was primarily a printmaker, who mastered lithography, etching, drypoint, and experimented briefly with woodcuts.

After a stroke in 1911, which left him partially paralyzed, he began a series of landscapes, which would become a significant part of his oeuvre. Despite the stroke Corinth was extremely prolific until the end of his life. In 1933, after Hitler rose to power, Corinth's post-1911 work was considered "degenerate."

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