1914
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Kinderköpfe (Heads of Children) is a 1914 ink by Lovis Corinth, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows four quick, loose drawings of kids’ faces. The lines are simple and rough, almost like doodles. One face looks serious, another smiles, and the others are just outlines with big eyes. The paper has a textured look, and the artist signed it in the corner. These drawings were made fast—you can tell by the sketchy strokes. Next, check out how lithography works to see how artists make prints like this.
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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![Two Studies of a Child's Head; Two Studies of a Child's Head, a Woman in Profile, and a Man Wrestling an Animal [recto]](https://pub-3a17a9933ad74fb28aa30fa758592f23.r2.dev/artworks/6667f6008af9d50c/thumb.webp)
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