1916
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Milchwagen (Milk Wagon) is a 1916 ink by Lovis Corinth, held at National Gallery of Art.
This drypoint shows a milk wagon pulled by a single horse in a quiet street. The cart is simple, with wooden wheels and a driver in old-fashioned clothes. Trees and buildings blur softly in the background. Corinth made this when he was 60, long after most artists retire. He loved printmaking for its sharp lines and deep shadows. The drypoint technique lets him scratch lines into a metal plate, then ink it for this print. Look for how the horse’s muscles show through—Corinth studied animals closely. Check out the National Gallery of Art, Washington to see it in person.
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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