Corseted Woman at a Mirror
Medium
drypoint on laid cream paper
Dimensions
plate: 27.5 × 23.7 cm (10 13/16 × 9 5/16 in.) sheet: 45.3 × 28.7 cm (17 13/16 × 11 5/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen
Accession Number
2012.92.313
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Paul Kleinschmidt · 1883–1949
**Paul Kleinschmidt (1883–1949)** was a German painter and graphic artist associated with Expressionism, though he developed a highly personal style marked by vibrant color, thick impasto application, and a sensual, physical presence in his figures. Born in Bublitz, Pomerania (now Bobolice, Poland), he came from a family of artists and spent his early years traveling with a circus, experiences tha...