1922
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Tiergarten (Zoological Garden) is a 1922 ink by Lovis Corinth, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a messy, tangled forest scene. The trees have thick, dark lines that look almost scratched into the paper. Light areas show bare branches and patches of ground, while shadows make the trunks and leaves look rough and uneven. The artist used a drypoint technique—scratching directly into the metal plate to create texture. This method makes the lines look jagged and raw, like quick sketches. Check out technique: drypoint to see how this process 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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