1906
pastel
paper
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Dominant colour
Untitled is a 1906 pastel by Lovis Corinth, depicting Sus Scrofa, held at Museum of Modern Art.
You see a dead pig lying on its side, drawn in rough, smudgy chalk and pastel. The colors are muted—pinks, grays, and browns—with quick, messy lines that make the animal look heavy and real. This isn’t a pretty farm scene. Corinth painted butchered animals often, treating them like still lifes. The pig’s body feels almost human in its weight and texture, as if the artist wanted to show the raw, unglamorous side of life. If you like how Corinth turns ordinary subjects into something bold, look up pastel—it’s a soft, chalky medium that lets artists layer colors fast.
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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