Lovis Corinth
(1858–1925) tysk målare
Lovis Corinth (Germany, 1858–1925) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a draughtsman. By year of birth, Lovis Corinth belongs to the chapter ‘Post-Impressionism and Symbolism’ in this site’s history of art.
Lovis Corinth was born in Gvardeysk and died in Zandvoort. Lovis Corinth trained at Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, Académie Julian, and Kneiphof Gymnasium. The teachers included Ludwig von Löfftz and Robert Trossin. Lovis Corinth worked in Antwerp, Paris, Berlin, and Munich. Wikidata associates Lovis Corinth with Expressionism and Impressionism. Lovis Corinth became a member of Berlin Secession. Lovis Corinth was awarded honorary doctor of the University of Königsberg. The students included David Friedmann, Sigfride Bille, Franz Mohr, and Mina Arndt.
The best-known works include ‘The Violinist’, ‘Carmencita’, ‘Der Neue See im Berliner Tiergarten’, and ‘Römische Campagna’. The works belong mainly to the genres portrait, figurative art, and landscape painting. The catalogue has 250 works by Lovis Corinth with free images. The dated works span the years 1877–1925. Works by Lovis Corinth are held by several collections, among them Prints in the National Gallery of Art, Alte Nationalgalerie, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, and drawings in the National Gallery of Art. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘Impressionism’.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Max Klinger, Reinhold Lepsius, Richard Bergh, Nils Kreuger, and Heinrich Harder.