Titelbild (Title Page)
1923
Medium
etching in black on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 25.8 x 20.9 cm (10 3/16 x 8 1/4 in.) sheet: 40.2 x 29 cm (15 13/16 x 11 7/16 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
1991.244.8
Art Historical Context
Lovis Corinth's *Titelbild (Title Page)*, created in 1923, is a striking etching that exemplifies the artist's late-career mastery of printmaking. By this time, Corinth—a leading German painter and printmaker who bridged Impressionism and Expressionism—was in his final years, having suffered strokes that infused his work with bold, emotive vigor. This intimate plate measures 25.8 x 20.9 cm, printed in black ink on laid paper, a traditional support with its characteristic ribbed texture that enhances the tactile quality of etchings. Etching allowed Corinth to achieve intricate, fluid lines thr...
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...