1917
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Bank im Walde II (Bench in the Woods II) is a 1917 ink by Lovis Corinth, held at National Gallery of Art.
This etching shows a simple wooden bench in a dark forest. The lines are rough but clear, like quick pencil marks. The bench sits in shadow, almost lost in the trees. Lovis Corinth pushed printmaking to feel like drawing. He used drypoint, scratching lines into metal plates. That makes the image look scratchy and real. Try looking up Corinth, Lovis next.
Lovis Corinth was a German artist and writer whose mature work as a painter and printmaker realized a synthesis of impressionism and expressionism.
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