Selbstbildnis im Strohhut, als Brustbild (Self-Portrait in a Straw Hat, Bust Length)
1913
Medium
drypoint in black on J. W. Zanders wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 15 × 11.5 cm (5 7/8 × 4 1/2 in.) sheet: 42.5 × 34 cm (16 3/4 × 13 3/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen
Accession Number
2012.92.632
Art Historical Context
Lovis Corinth's *Selbstbildnis im Strout, als Brustbild* (Self-Portrait in a Straw, Bust Length), created in 1913, the German artist's introspective gaze in a striking drypoint print. At 74 years old and in the mature phase of his career, Corinth—a leading figure in the Berlin Secession and a bridge between Impressionism and Expressionism—often turned to self-portraiture. This bust-length depiction, with its casual straw hat, evokes a moment of relaxed informality amid his bold, psychological explorations of identity and aging. Drypoint, Corinth's chosen medium here, is an intimate intaglio t...
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...