Strasse in Königsberg (Street in Königsberg)
1918
Medium
lithograph in black
Dimensions
plate: 39.7 × 25 cm (15 5/8 × 9 13/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1947.7.27
Art Historical Context
Lovis Corinth's *Strasse in Königs (Street in Königs)*, created in 1918, captures a poignant moment in the artist's late career. Born near Königsberg (now Kalrad, Russia) in Prussia, Corinth returned to this familiar urban landscape amid the turmoil of World War I's final year. As a leading figure in German Expressionism a founder of the Berlin Secession Corinth infused his works with bold emotion and loose brushwork in painting; here, he translates that vitality into printmaking, reflecting on his roots during a time of national upheaval as Germany faced defeat and the dawn of the Weimar Repu...
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...