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'''Lovis Corinth''' (] ]-] ]) was a ] ] and ] whose mature work realized a synthesis of ] and ]. '''Lovis Corinth''' (21 July 1858 – 17 July 1925) was a German artist and writer whose mature work as a ] and ] realized a synthesis of ] and ].


Corinth studied in ] and ], joined the ] group, later succeeding ] as the group's president. His early work was naturalistic in approach. Corinth was initially antagonistic towards the expressionist movement, but after a stroke in 1911 his style loosened and took on many expressionistic qualities. His use of color became more vibrant, and he created ]s and ]s of extraordinary vitality and power. Corinth's subject matter also included nudes and biblical scenes.
== Biography ==
Corinth was born in ] (Tapiawa), ]. He studied in ] and ], joined the ] group, later succeeding ] as the group's president. His early work was naturalistic in approach. Corinth was initially antagonistic toward the expressionist movement, but after a stroke in ] his style loosened and took on many expressionistic qualities. His use of color became more vibrant, and he created ]s and ]s of extraordinary vitality and power. A self-portrait is in the ], ].


==Early life==
Corinth showed an early talent for drawing and in ] he attended the ], which rivaled Paris as the avant-garde art center in Europe at the time. There he was influenced by ] and the ] as they were interpreted by the Munich artists ] and ]. He then traveled to Paris where he studied under ] at the ]. In ], Corinth returned to Munich, but in ] he abandoned the Munich Academy and joined the very first ]. In ] he joined the Free Association, and in ] he participated in an exhibition organized by the Berlin Secession. These nine years in Munich were not his most productive, and he was perhaps better known for his ability to drink large amounts of red wine and champagne.
Corinth was born Franz Heinrich Louis on 21 July 1858 in ], in the ] in the ]. The son of a tanner, he displayed a talent for drawing as a child. In 1876 he went to study painting in the academy of ]. Initially intending to become a ], he was dissuaded from this course by his chief instructor at the academy, the ] painter Otto Günther.<ref name=Makela>Makela</ref> In 1880 he traveled to ], which rivaled Paris as the ] art center in Europe at the time. There he studied briefly with ] before gaining admission to the ], where he studied under ].<ref name=Makela/> The realism of Corinth's early works was encouraged by Löfftz's teaching, which emphasized careful observation of colors and values.<ref name=Makela/> Other important influences were ] and the ], through their interpretation by the Munich artists ] and ] .


Except for an interruption for military service in 1882–83, Corinth studied with Löfftz until 1884.<ref name=Makela/> He then traveled to ], where he greatly admired the paintings of ], and then in October 1884 to Paris where he studied under ] and ] at the ].<ref>Corinth, Schuster, Vitali, & Butts 1996, p. 12.</ref> He concentrated especially on improving his drawing skills, and made the female nude his frequent subject. He was disappointed, however, in his repeated failure to win a medal at the ], and returned to Königsberg in 1888 when he adopted the name "Lovis Corinth".<ref>Corinth, Schuster, Vitali, & Butts 1996, p. 13.</ref>
In ] he moved to ], where he had a one-man exhibition at a gallery owned by ]. In ] at the age of 43, he opened a school of painting for women and married his first student, ], some 20 years his junior. Charlotte was his youthful ], his spiritual partner, and the mother of his two children. She had a profound influence on him, and family life became a major theme in his art.


==Career==
In ] he suffered a ], and was partially paralyzed on his left side. With the help of his wife, within a year he was painting again with his right hand. It was at this time that landscapes became a significant part of his oeuvre. From ]-], he served as President of the Berlin Secession. In 1925, he traveled to the ] to view the works of his favorite Dutch masters. He caught pneumonia and died in ].
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]'' (1897), Kunsthalle Bremen]]
In 1891, Corinth returned to Munich, but in 1892 he abandoned the Munich Academy and joined the ]. In 1894 he joined the Free Association, and in 1899 he participated in an exhibition organized by the ]. These nine years in Munich were not his most productive, and he was perhaps better known for his ability to drink large amounts of red wine and champagne.


Corinth moved to ] in 1900, and had a one-man exhibition at a gallery owned by ]. In 1902 at the age of 43, he opened a school of painting for women and married his first student, ], some 20 years his junior. Charlotte was his youthful ], his spiritual partner, and the mother of his two children. She had a profound influence on him, and family life became a major theme in his art. Another of his students was ].
Corinth explored every print technique except ]; he favored ] and ]. He created his first ] in 1891 and his first lithograph in 1894. In ], he experimented with the ] medium but only made 11. Corinth was quite prolific, and in the last fifteen years of his life he produced more than 900 graphic works, including 60 self-portraits. The landscapes he created between 1919 and 1925 are perhaps the most desirable images of his entire graphic oeuvre.


He published numerous essays on art history, and in 1908 published ''Das Erlernen der Malerei'' ("On Learning to Paint").<ref>Corinth, Schuster, Vitali, & Butts 1996, p. 16.</ref>
==External link==

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In December 1911, he suffered a ], and was partially paralyzed on his left side. Thereafter he walked with a limp, and his hands displayed a chronic tremor.<ref name="nytimes.com">Holland Cotter (12 June 1992), '']''.</ref> With the help of his wife, within a year he was painting again with his right hand. His disability inspired in the artist an intense interest in the simple, intimate things of daily life. In the summer of 1919, for example, he produced a cycle of casual etchings of his family in their country home.<ref name="nytimes.com"/> It was also at this time that landscapes became a significant part of his oeuvre. These landscapes were set at the ], a lake in the ] where Corinth owned a house. Their lively picturing, in bright colors, tempt many to consider the Walchensee series as his best work.

He painted numerous self-portraits, and made a habit of painting one every year on his birthday as a means of self-examination.<ref>Corinth, Schuster, Vitali, & Butts 1996, p. 142.</ref> In many of his self-portraits he assumed guises such as an armored knight (''The Victor'', 1910), or ] (''The Blinded Samson'', 1912).<ref>Corinth, Schuster, Vitali, & Butts 1996, pp. 41–42.</ref>

Not all of Corinth's works were appreciated in his lifetime: upon learning of his death, Danish critic ] wrote in a letter to his secretary<ref>Rung, Gerda, p. 211</ref> that it was Corinth's "punishment for such a wretched portrait of myself".<ref name="Lovis Corinth">{{Cite web|url=https://www.paintingmania.com/portrait-georg-brandes-152_9047.html|title=Portrait of Georg Brandes - Lovis Corinth Paintings|website=www.paintingmania.com}}</ref>

From 1915&ndash;25, he served as President of the Berlin Secession.<ref>Corinth, Schuster, Vitali, & Butts 1996, p. 19.</ref> In 1920 an anthology of his art-historical writings was published in Berlin.<ref>Corinth, Schuster, Vitali, & Butts 1996, p. 20.</ref> In 1922 his works were exhibited in the Venice Biennale.<ref>Corinth, Schuster, Vitali, & Butts 1996, p. 21.</ref> On 15 March 1921 Corinth received an honorary doctorate from the ]. In 1925, he traveled to the ] to view the works of his favorite ].<ref name=Makela/> He caught ] and died in ]. He was buried at ] near Berlin.

===Printmaking===
Corinth explored every ] technique except ]; he favored ] and ]. He created his first ] in 1891 and his first lithograph in 1894. He experimented with the ] medium but made only 12 woodcuts, all of them between 1919 and 1924.<ref>Corinth, Schuster, Vitali, & Butts 1996, p. 369.</ref> He was quite prolific, and in the last 15 years of his life he produced more than 900 graphic works, including 60 self-portraits. The landscapes he created between 1919 and 1925 are perhaps the most desirable images of his entire graphic oeuvre.

==Legacy==
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The house where Corinth was born is still in the town of Tapiau, which is now called ], and located in ], Russia.

In 1910 Corinth had donated the painting ''Golgatha'' for the altar of the church of his birthplace, Tapiau. At the end of the ], when the ] invaded East Prussia, this painting disappeared without trace. Tapiau was among the few East Prussian places not devastated by the war, which makes it likely that the painting was looted rather than destroyed.

In 1926, a commemorative exhibition of Corinth's paintings and watercolors was presented at the ] in Berlin, and an exhibition of his prints and drawings was held at the Berlin Academy.<ref>Corinth, Schuster, Vitali, & Butts 1996, p. 22.</ref> By 1930 the Nationalgalerie acquired several major paintings by Corinth in addition to those already in its collection.<ref>Corinth, Schuster, Vitali, & Butts 1996, p. 23.</ref>

During the ], Corinth's work was condemned by the Nazis as ]. In 1937, Nazi authorities removed 295 of his works from public collections, and transported seven of them to Munich where they were displayed in March 1937 in the ].<ref>Corinth, Schuster, Vitali, & Butts 1996, pp. 23–24.</ref>

In 2007, the German city of ] returned a painting by Corinth to the heirs of Jewish collector ], who sold it in 1933 to fund his escape from the Nazis. The painting from 1914, ''{{ill|Römische Campagna|de|Römische Campagna (Lovis Corinth)}} (Roman Landscape)'', was handed to Glaser's heirs, represented by his U.S.-based niece and her daughter.<ref> '']'', 25 September 2007.</ref>

In 2015 heirs of Holocaust victims Thea and ] made a restitution claim for Covinth's ''Tyrolean Woman with Ca''t” (“Tirolerin mit Katze”) after the painting appeared at the ] in Vienna on sale from an anonymous owner.<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Chicago family's search for art lost to the Holocaust |url=https://www.lootedart.com/news.php?r=RFVQIX553721 |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=www.lootedart.com}}</ref> The Austrian auction house refused to say who bought the looted painting. The painting is listed on the German Lost Art Foundation Lostart Database<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tirolerin mit Katze {{!}} Lost Art-Datenbank |url=https://www.lostart.de/de/verlust/objekt/tirolerin-mit-katze/475468 |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=www.lostart.de |quote=Provenienz: Sammlung ], Berlin; Kunsthandlung ], Berlin; Fritz Goldschmidt, Breslau; Privatsammlung; 29.11.2006 ], Köln, Lot 65; 17.06.2008 Kinsky Kunst Auktionen, Wien, Lot 139; Verbleib unbekannt}}</ref> and on the Monuments Men Foundation's "Most Wanted List" of stolen art.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Monuments Men and Women Foundation I WWII Most Wanted Art™ {{!}} Lovis Corinth |url=https://www.monumentsmenandwomenfnd.org/join-the-hunt/wwii-most-wanted-corinth |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=MonumentsMenWomenFnd |language=en}}</ref>

In June 2021, the ] in Brussels agreed to return Corinth's 1913 ''Blumenstilleben (Still Life with Flowers)'' to the heir of Gustav and ], who were persecuted by the Nazis and forced to flee because of their Jewish heritage.<ref>{{Cite web|last=AFP|title=Belgium returns stolen art to German Jewish family|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/belgium-returns-stolen-art-to-german-jewish-family/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602150324/https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/belgium-returns-stolen-art-to-german-jewish-family/|archive-date=2021-06-02|access-date=2021-06-03|website=www.timesofisrael.com|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Presse|first=AFP-Agence France|title=Belgium Returns Stolen Art To German Jewish Family|url=https://www.barrons.com/news/belgium-returns-stolen-art-to-german-jewish-family-01622645113|access-date=2021-06-03|website=www.barrons.com|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Galleries==
'''Landscapes and still lifes'''
<gallery mode="packed" heights="90px">
File:Lovis Corinth Waldinneres in Bernried 1892.jpg|''Forest Interior in Bernried'' (1892), oil on canvas, 94 × 110&nbsp;cm., Galerie G. Paffrath, Düsseldorf
File:Lovis Corinth - Bei Unterschäftlarn an der Isar - G 12670 - Lenbachhaus.jpg|''At Unter Schäftlarn on the Isar'' (1896), oil on canvas, 60 x 82&nbsp;cm., Lenbachhaus, in Munich
File:Lovis Corinth, Schwimmanstalt in Horst-Ostsee, 1902, MGS-20160312-001.jpg|''Swimming Facility in Horst-Ostsee'' (1902), oil on canvas, Museum Georg Schäfer, Schweinfurt
File:Lovis Corinth Blühender Bauerngarten 1904.jpg|''Blooming Cottage Garden'' (1904), oil on canvas, 76 x 100&nbsp;cm., Museum Wiesbaden
File:Lovis Corinth Katerfrühstück 1913.jpg|''Hangover Breakfast'' (1913), oil on cardboard, 52 x 69&nbsp;cm., private collection
File:'Flower Basket with Amaryllis, Lilac, Roses and Tulips' by Lovis Corinth, 1914.jpg|''Flower Basket with Amaryllis, Lilac, Roses and Tulips'' (1914), oil on canvas, 109.4 x 138.8&nbsp;cm., collection unknown
File:Lovis Corinth Walchensee-Panorama, Blick von der Kanzel 1924.jpg|''Walchensee Panorama, View from the Pulpit'' (1924), oil on canvas, 100 x 200&nbsp;cm., Wallraf–Richartz Museum, Cologne
File:Lovis Corinth, Vespers on the Balcony (1925), oil on canvas, 49 × 60 cm., Berlinische Galerie, Berlin.jpg|''Vespers on the Balcony'' (1925), oil on canvas, 49 × 60&nbsp;cm., Berlinische Galerie, Berlin
</gallery>

'''Figures and portraits'''
<gallery mode="packed" heights="100px">
File:Lovis Corinth Othello 1884.jpg|'']'' (1884), oil on canvas, 78 x 58.5 cm., private collection
File:Lovis Corinth BC 45 Männlicher Akt.jpg|''Male Nude'' (1886), oil on canvas, 85 x 55 cm., Yale University Gallery, New Haven,
File:Corinth, Louis - Liegender weiblicher Akt - Kunsthalle Bremen - 1866.jpg|''Reclining Female Nude'' (1899), oil on canvas, 75.5 cm (29.7 in); Width: 120.5&nbsp;cm., Kunsthalle Bremen
File:Lovis Corinth Porträt Eduard Graf von Kayserling 1900.jpg|''Count Eduard von Keyserling'' (1900), oil on canvas, 79.5 × 75.5 cm., Städtische Galerie Lenbachhaus, Munich
File:Group of Friends by Lovis Corinth (1904), Albertinum, Dresden.jpg|''Group of Friends by Lovis Corinth'' (1904), oil on canvas, Albertinum, Dresden
File:Corinth Akt 02.jpg|''Reclining Nude'' (1910), oil on canvas, Landesmuseum Hannover, Hanover
File:Lovis Corinth Poträt Frau Kaumann 1911.jpg|''Portrait of Mrs. Kaumann'' (1911), oil on canvas, 99 x 120 cm., Kunsthalle Kiel
File:Lovis Corinth - Georg Brandes.JPG|''Georg Brandes'' (1925), oil on canvas, 111 x 91.5 cm., Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp
</gallery>

'''Wife, family and self portraits'''
<gallery mode="packed" heights="100px">
File:Lovis Corinth Vater Franz Heinrich Corinth auf dem Krankenlager 1888.jpg|''The Artist's Father in his Sickbed'' (1888), oil on canvas, 61 × 70 cm., Städelsches Kunstinstitut und Städtische Galerie, Frankfurt
File:Lovis Corinth 010.jpg|'']'' (1896), oil on canvas, 66 x 86 cm, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus
File:Lovis Corinth Portrait Charlotte Berend.jpg|''Charlotte in a White Dress'' (1902), oil on canvas, 105 x 54 cm., Stiftung Stadtmuseum, Berlin
File:Lovis Corinth, self portrait with Charlotte.jpg|'' and Champagne Glass]]'' (1902), oil on canvas, 97 × 107 cm., private collection
File:Corinth Künstler u Familie.JPG|''The Artist and His Family'' (1909), oil on canvas, Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum, Hanover
File:Lovis Corinth Dame am Goldfischbassin 1911.jpg|''Lady at the Goldfish Basin'' (1911), oil on canvas, 74 x 90.5 cm., Österreichische Galerie
File:Lovis Corinth Blumen und Tochter Wilhelmine 1920.jpg|''Flowers and Daughter Wilhelmine'' (1920), oil on canvas, 111 x 150 cm., Kunstmuseum Basel
File:Lovis Corinth Selbstporträt mit Palette 1924.jpg|''Self-portrait with Palette'' (1924), oil on canvas, 100 x 79 cm., Museum of Modern Art, New York
</gallery>

'''History painting'''
<gallery mode="packed" heights="100px">
File:Lovis Corinth - Diogene.jpg|''Diogenes'' (1892), oil on canvas, 178 x 208&nbsp;cm., Ostdeutsche Galerie, Regensburg
File:Bacchanale, by Lovis Corinth.jpg|''Bacchanalia'' (1896), oil on canvas, 117 x 204&nbsp;cm., private collection
File:Lovis Corinth Salome 1900.jpg|''Salome'' (1900), oil on canvas, 127 × 147&nbsp;cm., Museum der Bildenden Künste Leipzig
File:Lovis Corinth Die Gefangennahme Simsons 1907.jpg|''The Capture of Samson'' (1907), oil on canvas, 200 x 174&nbsp;cm., Landesmuseum Mainz
File:Lovis Corinth - Der geblendete Simson - Google Art Project.jpg|''The Blinded Samson'' (1912), oil on canvas, 105&nbsp;cm x 130&nbsp;cm., Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin
File:Lovis Corinth Der rote Christus 1920-1.jpg|'']'' (1922), oil on panel, 129 x 108&nbsp;cm., Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich
File:Corinth Susanna und die beiden Alten 1923.jpg|'']'' (1923), oil on canvas, 150.5 x 111&nbsp;cm., ]
File:Corinth Ecce homo.jpg|''Ecce Homo'' (1925), oil on canvas, Kunstmuseum Basel
</gallery>

==See also==
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* '']''

==Notes==
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==References==
*Corinth, L., Schuster, P.-K., Vitali, C., & Butts, B. (1996). ''Lovis Corinth''. Munich: Prestel. {{ISBN|3-7913-1682-6}}
*Corinth, L., Uhr, Horst, Berkeley, Los Angeles, Oxford: University of California Press, 1990. {{ISBN|0-520-06776-2}}
*Makela, Maria. "Corinth, Lovis." ''Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online''. Oxford University Press.
*Rung, Gertrud. "Georg Brandes i Samvær og Breve". Copenhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandel Nordisk Forlag, 1930.

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* {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107021631/http://www.museumsyndicate.com/artist.php?artist=260 |date=7 January 2009 }}
*, a full text exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which contains material on Lovis Corinth (no. 13–16)

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Latest revision as of 02:19, 21 December 2024

German painter (1858–1925)

Lovis Corinth
Corinth in 1887
BornFranz Heinrich Louis
21 July 1858
Tapiau, Kingdom of Prussia
Died17 July 1925 (aged 66)
Zandvoort, Netherlands
NationalityGerman
EducationAcademy of Fine Arts, Munich

Lovis Corinth (21 July 1858 – 17 July 1925) was a German artist and writer whose mature work as a painter and printmaker realized a synthesis of impressionism and expressionism.

Corinth studied in Paris and Munich, joined the Berlin Secession group, later succeeding Max Liebermann as the group's president. His early work was naturalistic in approach. Corinth was initially antagonistic towards the expressionist movement, but after a stroke in 1911 his style loosened and took on many expressionistic qualities. His use of color became more vibrant, and he created portraits and landscapes of extraordinary vitality and power. Corinth's subject matter also included nudes and biblical scenes.

Early life

Corinth was born Franz Heinrich Louis on 21 July 1858 in Tapiau, in the Province of Prussia in the Kingdom of Prussia. The son of a tanner, he displayed a talent for drawing as a child. In 1876 he went to study painting in the academy of Königsberg. Initially intending to become a history painter, he was dissuaded from this course by his chief instructor at the academy, the genre painter Otto Günther. In 1880 he traveled to Munich, which rivaled Paris as the avant-garde art center in Europe at the time. There he studied briefly with Franz von Defregger before gaining admission to the Academy of Fine Arts Munich, where he studied under Ludwig von Löfftz. The realism of Corinth's early works was encouraged by Löfftz's teaching, which emphasized careful observation of colors and values. Other important influences were Courbet and the Barbizon school, through their interpretation by the Munich artists Wilhelm Leibl and Wilhelm Trübner .

Except for an interruption for military service in 1882–83, Corinth studied with Löfftz until 1884. He then traveled to Antwerp, where he greatly admired the paintings of Rubens, and then in October 1884 to Paris where he studied under William-Adolphe Bouguereau and Tony Robert-Fleury at the Académie Julian. He concentrated especially on improving his drawing skills, and made the female nude his frequent subject. He was disappointed, however, in his repeated failure to win a medal at the Salon, and returned to Königsberg in 1888 when he adopted the name "Lovis Corinth".

Career

Slaughtered Ox (1905), oil on canvas, 160.5 x110.5 cm., Ostdeutsche Galerie Regensburg
Butcher Store in Schäftlarn on the Isar (1897), Kunsthalle Bremen

In 1891, Corinth returned to Munich, but in 1892 he abandoned the Munich Academy and joined the Munich Secession. In 1894 he joined the Free Association, and in 1899 he participated in an exhibition organized by the Berlin Secession. These nine years in Munich were not his most productive, and he was perhaps better known for his ability to drink large amounts of red wine and champagne.

Corinth moved to Berlin in 1900, and had a one-man exhibition at a gallery owned by Paul Cassirer. In 1902 at the age of 43, he opened a school of painting for women and married his first student, Charlotte Berend, some 20 years his junior. Charlotte was his youthful muse, his spiritual partner, and the mother of his two children. She had a profound influence on him, and family life became a major theme in his art. Another of his students was Doramaria Purschian.

He published numerous essays on art history, and in 1908 published Das Erlernen der Malerei ("On Learning to Paint").

In December 1911, he suffered a stroke, and was partially paralyzed on his left side. Thereafter he walked with a limp, and his hands displayed a chronic tremor. With the help of his wife, within a year he was painting again with his right hand. His disability inspired in the artist an intense interest in the simple, intimate things of daily life. In the summer of 1919, for example, he produced a cycle of casual etchings of his family in their country home. It was also at this time that landscapes became a significant part of his oeuvre. These landscapes were set at the Walchensee, a lake in the Bavarian Alps where Corinth owned a house. Their lively picturing, in bright colors, tempt many to consider the Walchensee series as his best work.

He painted numerous self-portraits, and made a habit of painting one every year on his birthday as a means of self-examination. In many of his self-portraits he assumed guises such as an armored knight (The Victor, 1910), or Samson (The Blinded Samson, 1912).

Not all of Corinth's works were appreciated in his lifetime: upon learning of his death, Danish critic Georg Brandes wrote in a letter to his secretary that it was Corinth's "punishment for such a wretched portrait of myself".

From 1915–25, he served as President of the Berlin Secession. In 1920 an anthology of his art-historical writings was published in Berlin. In 1922 his works were exhibited in the Venice Biennale. On 15 March 1921 Corinth received an honorary doctorate from the University of Königsberg. In 1925, he traveled to the Netherlands to view the works of his favorite Dutch masters. He caught pneumonia and died in Zandvoort. He was buried at Stahnsdorf South-Western Cemetery near Berlin.

Printmaking

Corinth explored every print technique except aquatint; he favored drypoint and lithography. He created his first etching in 1891 and his first lithograph in 1894. He experimented with the woodcut medium but made only 12 woodcuts, all of them between 1919 and 1924. He was quite prolific, and in the last 15 years of his life he produced more than 900 graphic works, including 60 self-portraits. The landscapes he created between 1919 and 1925 are perhaps the most desirable images of his entire graphic oeuvre.

Legacy

Tyrolean Landscape with a Bridge (1913), oil on canvas, 95.5 x 120.5 cm., Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna

The house where Corinth was born is still in the town of Tapiau, which is now called Gvardeysk, and located in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia.

In 1910 Corinth had donated the painting Golgatha for the altar of the church of his birthplace, Tapiau. At the end of the Second World War, when the Red Army invaded East Prussia, this painting disappeared without trace. Tapiau was among the few East Prussian places not devastated by the war, which makes it likely that the painting was looted rather than destroyed.

In 1926, a commemorative exhibition of Corinth's paintings and watercolors was presented at the Nationalgalerie in Berlin, and an exhibition of his prints and drawings was held at the Berlin Academy. By 1930 the Nationalgalerie acquired several major paintings by Corinth in addition to those already in its collection.

During the Third Reich, Corinth's work was condemned by the Nazis as degenerate art. In 1937, Nazi authorities removed 295 of his works from public collections, and transported seven of them to Munich where they were displayed in March 1937 in the Degenerate Art Exhibition.

In 2007, the German city of Hanover returned a painting by Corinth to the heirs of Jewish collector Curt Glaser, who sold it in 1933 to fund his escape from the Nazis. The painting from 1914, Römische Campagna [de] (Roman Landscape), was handed to Glaser's heirs, represented by his U.S.-based niece and her daughter.

In 2015 heirs of Holocaust victims Thea and Fritz Goldschmidt made a restitution claim for Covinth's Tyrolean Woman with Cat” (“Tirolerin mit Katze”) after the painting appeared at the Im Kinsky auction house in Vienna on sale from an anonymous owner. The Austrian auction house refused to say who bought the looted painting. The painting is listed on the German Lost Art Foundation Lostart Database and on the Monuments Men Foundation's "Most Wanted List" of stolen art.

In June 2021, the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium in Brussels agreed to return Corinth's 1913 Blumenstilleben (Still Life with Flowers) to the heir of Gustav and Emma Mayer, who were persecuted by the Nazis and forced to flee because of their Jewish heritage.

Galleries

Landscapes and still lifes

  • Forest Interior in Bernried (1892), oil on canvas, 94 × 110 cm., Galerie G. Paffrath, Düsseldorf Forest Interior in Bernried (1892), oil on canvas, 94 × 110 cm., Galerie G. Paffrath, Düsseldorf
  • At Unter Schäftlarn on the Isar (1896), oil on canvas, 60 x 82 cm., Lenbachhaus, in Munich At Unter Schäftlarn on the Isar (1896), oil on canvas, 60 x 82 cm., Lenbachhaus, in Munich
  • Swimming Facility in Horst-Ostsee (1902), oil on canvas, Museum Georg Schäfer, Schweinfurt Swimming Facility in Horst-Ostsee (1902), oil on canvas, Museum Georg Schäfer, Schweinfurt
  • Blooming Cottage Garden (1904), oil on canvas, 76 x 100 cm., Museum Wiesbaden Blooming Cottage Garden (1904), oil on canvas, 76 x 100 cm., Museum Wiesbaden
  • Hangover Breakfast (1913), oil on cardboard, 52 x 69 cm., private collection Hangover Breakfast (1913), oil on cardboard, 52 x 69 cm., private collection
  • Flower Basket with Amaryllis, Lilac, Roses and Tulips (1914), oil on canvas, 109.4 x 138.8 cm., collection unknown Flower Basket with Amaryllis, Lilac, Roses and Tulips (1914), oil on canvas, 109.4 x 138.8 cm., collection unknown
  • Walchensee Panorama, View from the Pulpit (1924), oil on canvas, 100 x 200 cm., Wallraf–Richartz Museum, Cologne Walchensee Panorama, View from the Pulpit (1924), oil on canvas, 100 x 200 cm., Wallraf–Richartz Museum, Cologne
  • Vespers on the Balcony (1925), oil on canvas, 49 × 60 cm., Berlinische Galerie, Berlin Vespers on the Balcony (1925), oil on canvas, 49 × 60 cm., Berlinische Galerie, Berlin

Figures and portraits

  • Othello (1884), oil on canvas, 78 x 58.5 cm., private collection Othello (1884), oil on canvas, 78 x 58.5 cm., private collection
  • Male Nude (1886), oil on canvas, 85 x 55 cm., Yale University Gallery, New Haven, Male Nude (1886), oil on canvas, 85 x 55 cm., Yale University Gallery, New Haven,
  • Reclining Female Nude (1899), oil on canvas, 75.5 cm (29.7 in); Width: 120.5 cm., Kunsthalle Bremen Reclining Female Nude (1899), oil on canvas, 75.5 cm (29.7 in); Width: 120.5 cm., Kunsthalle Bremen
  • Count Eduard von Keyserling (1900), oil on canvas, 79.5 × 75.5 cm., Städtische Galerie Lenbachhaus, Munich Count Eduard von Keyserling (1900), oil on canvas, 79.5 × 75.5 cm., Städtische Galerie Lenbachhaus, Munich
  • Group of Friends by Lovis Corinth (1904), oil on canvas, Albertinum, Dresden Group of Friends by Lovis Corinth (1904), oil on canvas, Albertinum, Dresden
  • Reclining Nude (1910), oil on canvas, Landesmuseum Hannover, Hanover Reclining Nude (1910), oil on canvas, Landesmuseum Hannover, Hanover
  • Portrait of Mrs. Kaumann (1911), oil on canvas, 99 x 120 cm., Kunsthalle Kiel Portrait of Mrs. Kaumann (1911), oil on canvas, 99 x 120 cm., Kunsthalle Kiel
  • Georg Brandes (1925), oil on canvas, 111 x 91.5 cm., Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp Georg Brandes (1925), oil on canvas, 111 x 91.5 cm., Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp

Wife, family and self portraits

  • The Artist's Father in his Sickbed (1888), oil on canvas, 61 × 70 cm., Städelsches Kunstinstitut und Städtische Galerie, Frankfurt The Artist's Father in his Sickbed (1888), oil on canvas, 61 × 70 cm., Städelsches Kunstinstitut und Städtische Galerie, Frankfurt
  • Self-Portrait with Skeleton (1896), oil on canvas, 66 x 86 cm, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus Self-Portrait with Skeleton (1896), oil on canvas, 66 x 86 cm, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus
  • Charlotte in a White Dress (1902), oil on canvas, 105 x 54 cm., Stiftung Stadtmuseum, Berlin Charlotte in a White Dress (1902), oil on canvas, 105 x 54 cm., Stiftung Stadtmuseum, Berlin
  • Self Portrait with his Wife and Champagne Glass (1902), oil on canvas, 97 × 107 cm., private collection Self Portrait with his Wife and Champagne Glass (1902), oil on canvas, 97 × 107 cm., private collection
  • The Artist and His Family (1909), oil on canvas, Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum, Hanover The Artist and His Family (1909), oil on canvas, Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum, Hanover
  • Lady at the Goldfish Basin (1911), oil on canvas, 74 x 90.5 cm., Österreichische Galerie Lady at the Goldfish Basin (1911), oil on canvas, 74 x 90.5 cm., Österreichische Galerie
  • Flowers and Daughter Wilhelmine (1920), oil on canvas, 111 x 150 cm., Kunstmuseum Basel Flowers and Daughter Wilhelmine (1920), oil on canvas, 111 x 150 cm., Kunstmuseum Basel
  • Self-portrait with Palette (1924), oil on canvas, 100 x 79 cm., Museum of Modern Art, New York Self-portrait with Palette (1924), oil on canvas, 100 x 79 cm., Museum of Modern Art, New York

History painting

  • Diogenes (1892), oil on canvas, 178 x 208 cm., Ostdeutsche Galerie, Regensburg Diogenes (1892), oil on canvas, 178 x 208 cm., Ostdeutsche Galerie, Regensburg
  • Bacchanalia (1896), oil on canvas, 117 x 204 cm., private collection Bacchanalia (1896), oil on canvas, 117 x 204 cm., private collection
  • Salome (1900), oil on canvas, 127 × 147 cm., Museum der Bildenden Künste Leipzig Salome (1900), oil on canvas, 127 × 147 cm., Museum der Bildenden Künste Leipzig
  • The Capture of Samson (1907), oil on canvas, 200 x 174 cm., Landesmuseum Mainz The Capture of Samson (1907), oil on canvas, 200 x 174 cm., Landesmuseum Mainz
  • The Blinded Samson (1912), oil on canvas, 105 cm x 130 cm., Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin The Blinded Samson (1912), oil on canvas, 105 cm x 130 cm., Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin
  • The Red Christ (1922), oil on panel, 129 x 108 cm., Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich The Red Christ (1922), oil on panel, 129 x 108 cm., Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich
  • Susanna and the Elders (1923), oil on canvas, 150.5 x 111 cm., Lower Saxony State Museum Susanna and the Elders (1923), oil on canvas, 150.5 x 111 cm., Lower Saxony State Museum
  • Ecce Homo (1925), oil on canvas, Kunstmuseum Basel Ecce Homo (1925), oil on canvas, Kunstmuseum Basel

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Makela
  2. Corinth, Schuster, Vitali, & Butts 1996, p. 12.
  3. Corinth, Schuster, Vitali, & Butts 1996, p. 13.
  4. Corinth, Schuster, Vitali, & Butts 1996, p. 16.
  5. ^ Holland Cotter (12 June 1992), German Artist Haunted By a Threatening World New York Times.
  6. Corinth, Schuster, Vitali, & Butts 1996, p. 142.
  7. Corinth, Schuster, Vitali, & Butts 1996, pp. 41–42.
  8. Rung, Gerda, p. 211
  9. "Portrait of Georg Brandes - Lovis Corinth Paintings". www.paintingmania.com.
  10. Corinth, Schuster, Vitali, & Butts 1996, p. 19.
  11. Corinth, Schuster, Vitali, & Butts 1996, p. 20.
  12. Corinth, Schuster, Vitali, & Butts 1996, p. 21.
  13. Corinth, Schuster, Vitali, & Butts 1996, p. 369.
  14. Corinth, Schuster, Vitali, & Butts 1996, p. 22.
  15. Corinth, Schuster, Vitali, & Butts 1996, p. 23.
  16. Corinth, Schuster, Vitali, & Butts 1996, pp. 23–24.
  17. 1914 painting is returned to heirs Los Angeles Times, 25 September 2007.
  18. "A Chicago family's search for art lost to the Holocaust". www.lootedart.com. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  19. "Tirolerin mit Katze | Lost Art-Datenbank". www.lostart.de. Retrieved 7 February 2024. Provenienz: Sammlung Carl Steinbarth, Berlin; Kunsthandlung Hugo Moser, Berlin; Fritz Goldschmidt, Breslau; Privatsammlung; 29.11.2006 Lempertz, Köln, Lot 65; 17.06.2008 Kinsky Kunst Auktionen, Wien, Lot 139; Verbleib unbekannt
  20. "Monuments Men and Women Foundation I WWII Most Wanted Art™ | Lovis Corinth". MonumentsMenWomenFnd. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  21. AFP. "Belgium returns stolen art to German Jewish family". www.timesofisrael.com. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  22. Presse, AFP-Agence France. "Belgium Returns Stolen Art To German Jewish Family". www.barrons.com. Retrieved 3 June 2021.

References

  • Corinth, L., Schuster, P.-K., Vitali, C., & Butts, B. (1996). Lovis Corinth. Munich: Prestel. ISBN 3-7913-1682-6
  • Corinth, L., Uhr, Horst, Berkeley, Los Angeles, Oxford: University of California Press, 1990. ISBN 0-520-06776-2
  • Makela, Maria. "Corinth, Lovis." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press.
  • Rung, Gertrud. "Georg Brandes i Samvær og Breve". Copenhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandel Nordisk Forlag, 1930.

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