Lovis CorinthGerman, 1858–1925Self-Portrait
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Minneapolis Institute of Art
Minneapolis, United States
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About the work
Lovis Corinth advocated for an aggressive, intensely competitive approach to life, going so far as to offer this advice: “Use all your might to achieve your highest goal. . . . use your greater strength to push your rivals against the wall until they can no longer gasp.” Then, in 1911, Corinth had a stroke and suddenly found his physical powers greatly diminished. After that he made many self-portraits, showing his own frailty with unflinching honesty.
When an artist requested a photograph of Corinth, presumably to make a caricature for a satirical magazine, Corinth instead sent him this drawing. Was he sardonically presenting his own features to suggest that nature had already perpetrated the distortions of a caricaturist?
Minneapolis Institute of Art
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- 2015.93.191
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Meanwhile, in the life of Lovis Corinth
The whole life1922
Participation in the Venice Biennale
Corinth's works were shown at the Venice Biennale.
1923
65th-Birthday Exhibition at the National Gallery
For Corinth's 65th birthday the National Gallery organized an exhibition of 170 paintings drawn from private collections.
16 June 1925
Last Journey to the Netherlands
Having finished his last major work, "Ecce Homo," he set off for Düsseldorf and Amsterdam to see the works of Frans Hals and Rembrandt once more; on the journey he fell ill with pneumonia and died in Zandvoort.
17 July 1925
Died
