Bidspirit auction | Lovis Corinth

Lovis Corinth - Lovis Corinth 1858 Tapiau - 1925 Zandvoort - ”Weislingen and Marie” - (1920/21) Etching/Paper. 24.2 x 16.2 cm. 32.5 x 22 cm (mount cut-out). 50 x 50 cm (dimensions with frame). Signed lower right: Lovis Corinth. Framed under glass (one frame). Browned. Traces of glue. - ”The Death of Gottfried von Berlichingen” - (1920/21) Etching/Paper. 24.5 x 17.2 cm, 32.5 x 22.5 cm (mount cut-out). Signed lower right: Lovis Corinth. Framed under glass (one frame). Browned. Stained. Traces of glue. Corinth is one of the most important representatives of German Impressionism. He studied at the Munich Academy and the Académie Julian in Paris. In 1888 he moved to Berlin and later to Munich, where he became a member of the Secession in 1892. From 1900 he exhibited with the Berlin Secession, of which he became president in 1911.