Gebeugter Akt (Nude Bending Forward)
1916
Medium
lithograph in black on wove paper
Dimensions
image: 39.53 × 24.45 cm (15 9/16 × 9 5/8 in.) sheet: 51 × 29.8 cm (20 1/16 × 11 3/4 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of the Marcy Family in memory of Sigbert H. Marcy
Accession Number
1991.210.78
Art Historical Context
Lovis Corinth's *Gebeugter Akt (Nude Bending Forward)* created in 1916, the artist's fascination with the human form through a striking black lithograph on wove paper. Measuring 39.53 × 24.45 cm for the image and slightly larger for the sheet, print exemplifies Corinth's mastery of lithography—a medium he embraced for its fluid, direct drawing process on stone, allowing rich tonal contrasts and expressive lines that mimic the spontaneity of his paintings. A leading figure in German Expressionism and a founder of the Berlin Secession, Corinth produced this work amid World War I, during a perio...
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...