Lovis Corinth

1858–1925

Lovis Corinth, ‘The Temptation of St Anthony after Gustave Flaubert’ 1908
The Temptation of St Anthony after Gustave Flaubert 1908
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In Tate Modern

Magic Realism: Art in Weimar Germany 1919-33

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Biography

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.

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Artworks

Lovis Corinth, ‘The Temptation of St Anthony after Gustave Flaubert’ 1908

Lovis Corinth The Temptation of St Anthony after Gustave Flaubert

1908
Lovis Corinth, ‘Magdalen with Pearls in her Hair’ 1919

Lovis Corinth Magdalen with Pearls in her Hair

1919
On display at Tate Modern part of Magic Realism

Features

Oskar Kokoschka, ‘Dr Fannina W. Halle’ c.1910–12

Secession

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