1920
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Pietà is a 1920 ink by Lovis Corinth, held at National Gallery of Art.
Mary holds Jesus after the cross. She sits wrapped in a dark cloak. His body hangs limp. The black ink is rough, not smooth. Lines cut deep into the paper. You can feel the weight of loss. This isn’t gentle or soft. It’s sharp and raw. The drypoint technique makes the lines scratchy. Christ’s face is hollow. Mary’s grief cuts through the ink. See how the dark presses in. Look up Lovis Corinth next.
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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