1917
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Verschiedene Tierstudien (Animal Studies) is a 1917 ink by Lovis Corinth, depicting Cattle, held at National Gallery of Art.
This drypoint shows quick, rough sketches of different animals. A pig, a dog, a cat, and a bird fill the page in loose lines. You can see the artist’s hand moving fast. The prints feel raw and alive. Drypoint uses a needle to scratch lines into a metal plate. Ink gets caught in those scratches, making bold, scratchy marks. Corinth worked this way when he couldn’t paint. Try looking at Corinth’s oil paintings 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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