Selbstporträt
1920–1921
Medium
Radierung, Vernis mou, auf Japanpapier
Dimensions
Plattenma��e: 12 x 9,3 cm
Classification
Druck
Department
Belvedere Collection
Museum
Belvedere
Credit
Belvedere, Vienna
Accession Number
9823
Art Historical Context
Lovis Corinth's *Selbstporträt* (Self-Portrait), created between 1920 and 1921, captures the German artist's introspective gaze in the final years of his life. A leading figure in German Impressionism and Expressionism, Corinth (1858–1925) produced this intimate work after suffering a stroke in 1911, which left visible marks on his features. Printed amid the cultural upheavals of post-World War I Europe, it reflects his unflinching exploration of aging, vulnerability, and resilience—themes central to his late oeuvre. Executed as a *Radierung* (etching) combined with *vernis mou* (soft-ground ...
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...