German Painter, 1858-1925
German painter and writer. He grew up on his family's farm and tannery. As a child he showed interest in art, taking informal lessons in drawing from a local carpenter and caricaturing his primary school teachers. Corinth's father sent him to secondary school in the nearby city of K?nigsberg (now Kaliningrad), where he lived with his widowed aunt. A superstitious woman fond of story-telling, she possessed what Corinth later described as a coarse temperament and an unrestrained, 'demonic' humour. These qualities and his aunt's bohemian acquaintances, including fortune-tellers and soothsayers, fascinated the young Corinth, accustomed to his more reserved parents.
Date 1920(1920)
Medium Oil on cardboard
Dimensions 59 x 72 cm (23.2 x 28.3 in)
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Date 1920(1920)
Medium Oil on cardboard
Dimensions 59 x 72 cm (23.2 x 28.3 in)
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Vor dem Spiegel
Vor dem Spiegel
Painting ID:: 87010
Date 1912(1912)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 140 x 93 cm (55.1 x 36.6 in)
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Date 1912(1912)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 140 x 93 cm (55.1 x 36.6 in)
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Date 1922(1922)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 54 x 66 cm (21.3 x 26 in)
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Date 1922(1922)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 54 x 66 cm (21.3 x 26 in)
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Date 1924(1924)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 70 x 90 cm (27.6 x 35.4 in)
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Date 1924(1924)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 70 x 90 cm (27.6 x 35.4 in)
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German Painter, 1858-1925
German painter and writer. He grew up on his family's farm and tannery. As a child he showed interest in art, taking informal lessons in drawing from a local carpenter and caricaturing his primary school teachers. Corinth's father sent him to secondary school in the nearby city of K?nigsberg (now Kaliningrad), where he lived with his widowed aunt. A superstitious woman fond of story-telling, she possessed what Corinth later described as a coarse temperament and an unrestrained, 'demonic' humour. These qualities and his aunt's bohemian acquaintances, including fortune-tellers and soothsayers, fascinated the young Corinth, accustomed to his more reserved parents.