1919
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Das Gastmahl des Trimalchio: pl. V (The Banquet of Trimalchio: pl. V) is a 1919 ink by Lovis Corinth, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a messy, crowded party with lots of blurry people. Some are sitting, some are standing, and one guy at the front looks like he’s wearing a big, dark coat. The lines are scratchy and uneven, almost like they were drawn in a hurry. A dog is sniffing around near the bottom. The artist used a technique called drypoint. That means they scratched into a metal plate to make the lines, then pressed paper onto it. The marks look rough and raw. Look up Corinth, Lovis next to see more of his scratchy, busy drawings.
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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