1916
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Kirchhof (Cemetery) is a 1916 ink by Lovis Corinth, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows an old stone church with a tall, pointed roof. In front of it, a wrought-iron fence surrounds a cemetery, filled with simple gravestones. The artist used quick, rough lines to draw the scene, leaving some areas sketchy and others more defined. The church’s arched windows and the quiet, uneven graves give it a solemn feel. The artist signed the bottom right corner in small letters. Next, look up lithography to see how this print was made.
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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