Daphnis and Chloe
Lovis Corinth (Tapiau 1858 - Zandvoort 1925)
Lot-No. 249
Dry point, 23 x 35,5 cm, lo. ri. autographed Lovis Corinth, framed under glass, uninspected out of frame. - From the series 'Antike Legenden'. - Most important German impressionist besides Liebermann a. Slevogt, studied at the Königsberg a. Munich academies as well as at the Académie Julian in Paris, shortly after 1900 he moved to Berlin where he became one of the most important figures of the local secession, his powerfull sensuous paintings owe much to Rubens, in his later works he strived for emotional depth in a expressive pictorial language, was also an eminent graphic artist.
Lovis Corinth: Daphnis and Chloe
Lovis Corinth (Tapiau 1858 - Zandvoort 1925)
Daphnis and Chloe
Lot-No. 249
Dry point, 23 x 35,5 cm, lo. ri. autographed Lovis Corinth, framed under glass, uninspected out of frame. - From the series 'Antike Legenden'. - Most important German impressionist besides Liebermann a. Slevogt, studied at the Königsberg a. Munich academies as well as at the Académie Julian in Paris, shortly after 1900 he moved to Berlin where he became one of the most important figures of the local secession, his powerfull sensuous paintings owe much to Rubens, in his later works he strived for emotional depth in a expressive pictorial language, was also an eminent graphic artist.