1921
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Der Kuss (The Kiss) is a 1921 ink by Lovis Corinth, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows two people kissing, their bodies tangled together. The lines are loose and scratchy, like quick pencil strokes. One person’s arm wraps around the other’s back, and their hair is drawn in rough, dark patches. The artist used a drypoint technique—think of it like deep etching with a sharp tool—to create texture. The paper shows the marks of the needle, giving it a grainy, almost tactile look. Next, check out technique: drypoint to see how artists use it.
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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