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.
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1924,oil on canvas,39.375x31.5 in,100x80 cm,museum of modern art,new york,ny,usa
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1924,oil on canvas,39.375x31.5 in,100x80 cm,museum of modern art,new york,ny,usa
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Self-portrait with Skeleton
Self-portrait with Skeleton
Painting ID:: 58448
Self-portrait with Skeleton, 1896, oil on canvas, 66 x 86 cm, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus.
Self-portrait with Skeleton, 1896, oil on canvas, 66 x 86 cm, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus.
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.