Küste (Seascape)
1916
Medium
drypoint in black on wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 6.3 x 14.9 cm (2 1/2 x 5 7/8 in.) sheet: 16.2 x 25.3 cm (6 3/8 x 9 15/16 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
1991.210.66
Art Historical Context
Lovis Corinth's *Küste (Seascape)*, in 1916, the dramatic beauty of the coastline in a compact drypoint print. A leading figure in German Impressionism who evolved toward Expressionism, Corinth was renowned for his bold, emotive landscapes and masterful printmaking. By 1916, amid World War I and his own health struggles following a stroke in 1911, his work grew more introspective and vigorous, infusing natural scenes with personal intensity. This intimate etching, measuring just 6.3 x 14.9 cm on the plate, exemplifies drypoint technique: Corinth scratched directly into the copper plate with a...
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...