1908
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Zwei Menschen (Two Nudes) is a 1908 ink by Lovis Corinth, depicting Clothed Male, Naked Female, held at National Gallery of Art.
Two naked figures sit side by side on a simple bench. Their bodies are soft and rounded, the lines around them blurry. You can almost feel the quiet moment between them. This isn’t a polished study. It’s a quick drypoint print, inked brown on rough paper. The marks look rough, almost accidental, but that’s the point. The artist wanted to catch real, unposed life. It feels like a sketch you’d find in an attic. Try looking 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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