1915
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Bannerträger (Standard Bearer) is a 1915 ink by Lovis Corinth, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a person in a long, heavy coat holding a tall pole with something draped over it. The face is blurred, and the clothes look rough and dark. The background is simple, with no extra details—just a few quick lines for a chair and a curtain. The artist used loose, sketchy lines to make it feel fast and rough, almost like a quick note. The signature says it’s a lithograph, which means it was printed from a smooth stone or metal plate. Check out lithography to see how this printing trick works.
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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