1904
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Landscape is a 1904 by Lovis Corinth, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
You see a dark, tangled forest with a small orange-roofed shed peeking through the trees. The sky is pale, like a cold winter afternoon. Corinth built this scene with thousands of tiny charcoal lines—almost like weaving. The orange roof is the only bright spot, making it pop against the gray. He used white paint to lighten the sky, a trick that keeps the mood quiet and chilly. If you like how he plays with light and shadow, look up impasto.
A seasoned draftsman, Corinth produced more than 2,000 drawings over the course of his life. An elaborate crosshatch pattern of tightly packed charcoal lines creates this naturalistic view of a wooded landscape. The pale sky, described with white gouache on a tan sheet, suggests a cold, gray day; the palette is restrained except for a vibrant square of orange delineating the roof of a shed.
Read the full account in the museum source.
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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