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.
1913(1913)
Medium oil on cardboard
Dimensions 52 x 69 cm (20.5 x 27.2 in)
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1913(1913)
Medium oil on cardboard
Dimensions 52 x 69 cm (20.5 x 27.2 in)
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Portrait Wolfgang Gurlitt
Portrait Wolfgang Gurlitt
Painting ID:: 90946
1917(1917)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 113 x 90 cm (44.5 x 35.4 in)
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1917(1917)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 113 x 90 cm (44.5 x 35.4 in)
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Height Width
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Selbstportrat mit Panamahut
Selbstportrat mit Panamahut
Painting ID:: 90949
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.
