1922
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Selbstbildnis (Self-Portrait) is a 1922 ink by Lovis Corinth, held at National Gallery of Art.
This is a blurry, rough sketch of a face and shoulders. The lines are uneven, almost like scribbles, and the paper looks worn. The image is in black and white, with no clear details—just a vague shape of a head and some faint lines for clothing. The artist signed it in messy script at the bottom. The style feels fast, like it was drawn in one go without much smoothing out. Next, check out etching to see how artists use acid and plates to 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.
See the richer artist page
