Seated Young Woman [recto]
1889
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Medium
graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
overall (approximate): 41.7 x 33.5 cm (16 7/16 x 13 3/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Julius S. Held Collection
Accession Number
1984.1.3.a
Rights
Public Domain
Art Historical Context
Lovis Corinth's *Seated Young Woman [o]*, created in 1889, the intimate grace of its subject in a delicate graphite drawing on wove paper. Measuring approximately 41.7 x 33.5 cm, this work exemplifies Corinth's early mastery of the figure during his formative years as a German artist. Trained in Munich and influenced by Parisian Realists like Courbet and Manet after his time in France, Corinth was transitioning from academic precision toward the looser, more expressive style that would define his later Impressionist and Expressionist contributions. The smooth texture of wove paper provided an...
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...