Crying Girl
1899
Medium
etching in black on wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 13.97 × 8.89 cm (5 1/2 × 3 1/2 in.) sheet: 19.69 × 15.24 cm (7 3/4 × 6 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Christopher and Beverly With in memory of Karl and Gerda With
Accession Number
2019.156.7
Art Historical Context
**Crying Girl** (1899) is a poignant etching by Lovis Corinth, one of Germany's most dynamic artists of the late 19 and early 20th. Created during Corinth's Berlin period, when he was embracing a more personal and expressive style influenced by Impressionism and emerging Expressionism, this intimate print measures just 13.97 × 8.89 cm on the plate. The modest scale draws viewers close, inviting empathy with the subject's raw emotion. Etching in black ink on smooth wove paper exemplifies Corinth's mastery of printmaking techniques. He incised his design into a metal plate with acid, creating f...
About the Artist
Lovis Corinth · 1858–1925
Lovis Corinth, born Franz Heinrich Louis on July 21, 1858, in Tapiau, East Prussia (now Gvardeysk, Russia), to a tanner father, displayed prodigious drawing talent from childhood. He began formal training at the Königsberg Academy in 1876, then moved to the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich from 1880 to 1884, studying under Ludwig von Löfftz and briefly Franz von Defregger, where he absorbed a Realis...