Self-portrait with Skeleton, 1896, oil on canvas, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus
Lovis Corinth (1858-1925, German) as a painter and print-maker was able to mix both impressionism and expressionism in his works.
Corinth showed artistic talent as a child and started studying painting in 1876 at an academy in Königsberg. Important influences in his early career were Courbet, Rubens and the Barbizon school.
In 1900, Corinth moved to Berlin after having lived in Paris and Munich. There he established a painting school for women and met his future wife. Besides being a painter, Corinth also wrote numerous essays on art history. In 1911, Corinth had a stroke but his disability did not stop him from producing wonderful landscapes of Walchensee in Bavaria where he owned a home. It was there that he produced many of his paintings and sketches of cats.
Prior to the Nazis’ rise to power and WWII, Corinth’s work was honored and even exhibited in Berlin. However, during the Third Reich, his work was proclaimed degenerate and confiscated.
Wilhelmine mit Katze, 1924
Tyrolian Woman with Cat
Junge Frau mit Katzen
Frau mit Katze und Tiroler Bub, 1911
Hände mit Katze
Lovis Corinth, Cat Sketch
Cat
Die Corinther
Katze auf Baumsrunk, 1920
The Prophet’s Cat, 1919
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