1920
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Sonntagsreiter (Sunday Riders) is a 1920 ink by Lovis Corinth, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows four people riding horses in a loose, quick style. The lines are scratchy and uneven, like they were drawn fast. The horses’ heads and bodies are simple shapes, and the riders look like they’re moving—arms raised, legs bent. The paper has a textured look, like the artist worked it with their hands. The title *Sonntagsreiter* hints it’s about riders on a Sunday outing, but the drawing feels more like a rough idea than a finished picture. Try looking up drypoint next to see how this technique works.
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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