1916
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Küste (Seascape) is a 1916 ink by Lovis Corinth, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a rough, black-and-white seascape with jagged waves and a few thin trees. The lines are scratchy and uneven, like they were drawn in a hurry. A lone pole stands in the middle, and the shore looks rocky and uneven. The artist used a drypoint technique—meaning they etched lines into a metal plate to make the print. The paper looks worn, like it’s been handled a lot. Check out technique: drypoint to see how this scratchy style 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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