Nude Girl 1886

oil-on-canvas

germany

possibly oil pastel

oil painting

portrait reference

acrylic on canvas

portrait head and shoulder

underpainting

portrait drawing

facial portrait

oil-on-canvas

portrait art

digital portrait

"Nude Girl" is an oil on canvas painting created in 1886 by German artist Lovis Corinth. The painting depicts a nude woman, standing with her head bowed, against a muted, neutral background. The artist employed a loose, gestural brushstroke, lending the figure a sense of movement and immediacy. The painting exemplifies Corinth's early style, which blended elements of Impressionism with a more expressive, personal approach. This work, now in the Minneapolis Institute of Art, is a testament to Corinth’s exploration of the female form and the raw emotion it conveys.

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Born in East Prussia, Lovis Corinth spent almost the entirety of his training and career in Munich and Berlin. However, from 1884-87 the artist - who aspired to be a history painter - studied in Paris at the Académie Julian under the two celebrated artists, Tony Robert-Fleury and Adolphe William Bouguereau. Their teaching focused on life drawing - an approach that was particularly suited to the large figural compositions of history paintings. This life study is one of approximately twenty paintings - mostly nudes - that survive from Corinth's Parisian sojourn.