Frauenräuber (Rape)
Lovis Corinth
1920
Medium
drypoint in black on wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 25.1 x 30.1 cm (9 7/8 x 11 7/8 in.) sheet: 34.2 x 47.1 cm (13 7/16 x 18 9/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Dr. Toni G. Marcy in honor of Christopher With
Accession Number
1996.137.1
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...