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Lovis Corinth
Lovis Corinth, July 21, 1858 – July 17, 1925, was a German painter, printmaker, and writer associated with German Impressionism and the Berlin Secession. He was born Franz Heinrich Louis Corinth in Tapiau, East Prussia (now Gvardeysk, Russia). After initial training at the Academy of Fine Arts in Königsberg, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich under Ludwig von Löfftz and later attended the Académie Julian in Paris, where he studied with William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Tony Robert-Fleury, and Jules Lefebvre.
Corinth worked in portraiture, landscape, still life, religious subjects, mythology, and literary themes. His early work reflects academic naturalism, while later paintings incorporated increasingly vigorous brushwork and expressive color. He was associated with the Berlin Secession and became one of its leading figures alongside artists such as Max Liebermann and Max Slevogt. Following a stroke in 1911, his style became more painterly and expressive, particularly in his Walchensee landscapes, self-portraits, and late religious compositions.
Corinth taught at a private painting school for women in Berlin, where one of his pupils was Charlotte Berend-Corinth, whom he later married. Berend-Corinth became an important artist in her own right and a key source for documenting his life and work. Major collections holding Corinth’s paintings include the Alte Nationalgalerie, Neue Pinakothek, Kunstmuseum Basel, National Gallery Prague, the Lenbachhaus, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
