1914
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Frauenraub III (Abduction III) is a 1914 ink by Lovis Corinth, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows two struggling figures in a tangle of limbs. One person is bent backward, arms flailing, while the other looms over them, holding what looks like a spear or staff. The lines are rough and fast, almost like scribbles, with no smooth shading—just thick black marks on pale paper. The artist didn’t finish the details, leaving faces and bodies as loose shapes. The movement feels chaotic, like a moment frozen mid-fight. Next, check out Corinth, Lovis for more of his bold, sketchy style.
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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