Bahnhof Tiergarten (Court with Trees)
1920/1921
Medium
drypoint in black
Dimensions
plate: 23 × 30.5 cm (9 1/16 × 12 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1947.7.20
Art Historical Context
Lovis Corinth, a pivotal figure in German Expressionism and Impressionism, created *Bahnhof Tierg (Court with Trees)* 1920/1921, toward the end of his prolific career. This drypoint captures an urban glimpse of Berlin's Tiergarten, near the historic train station, blending the rigidity of city infrastructure with the organic flow of trees in a courtyard. By this time, Corinth—having survived a stroke in 1911—was embracing a freer, more intuitive style, evident in his late prints that evoke the bustling energy of Weimar-era Germany amid post-World War I recovery. The artwork's medium, drypoint...
About the Artist
Lovis Corinth · 1858–1925
Lovis Corinth, born Franz Heinrich Louis on July 21, 1858, in Tapiau, East Prussia (now Gvardeysk, Russia), to a tanner father, displayed prodigious drawing talent from childhood. He began formal training at the Königsberg Academy in 1876, then moved to the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich from 1880 to 1884, studying under Ludwig von Löfftz and briefly Franz von Defregger, where he absorbed a Realis...