Self-Portrait 19 - 1923

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Lovis Corinth's "Self-Portrait" is a powerful and expressive ink drawing that captures the artist's likeness. Created in 1919, this piece showcases Corinth's signature use of bold lines and deep shadows, highlighting the intensity of his gaze. The drawing's intimate scale emphasizes the artist's self-reflection and the introspective nature of his self-portraiture. This particular piece is housed in the Minneapolis Institute of Art.

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minneapolisinstituteofart about 1 year ago

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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'