Die Liebschaften des Zeus
Lovis Corinth (Tapiau 1858 - Zandvoort 1925)
Lot-No. 205
Proceeds : 4.100 €
Eight lithographs in colours, Fritz Gurlitt 1920. Each 25 x 32 cm, autographed Lovis Corinth, matted. Original portfolio. No. 58/80. On the colophon autographed by Fritz Gurlitt. - Most important German impressionist besides Liebermann a. Slevogt, studied at the Königsberg a. Munich academies as well as at the Académie Julian in Paris, shortly after 1900 he moved to Berlin where he became one of the most important figures of the local secession, his powerfull sensuous paintings owe much to Rubens, in his later works he strived for emotional depth in a expressive pictorial language, was also an eminent graphic artist.- Mus.: Hamburg (Kunsthalle), New York, Hannover, Essen, Dresden a. others. - Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Vollmer, Berend-Corinth L.C. - Werkverzeichnis, 1958, Felix, L.C., 1985, Schuster/Vitali/Butts L.C., 1996 a. others.
Lovis Corinth: Die Liebschaften des Zeus
Lovis Corinth (Tapiau 1858 - Zandvoort 1925)
Die Liebschaften des Zeus
Lot-No. 205
Proceeds : 4.100 €
Eight lithographs in colours, Fritz Gurlitt 1920. Each 25 x 32 cm, autographed Lovis Corinth, matted. Original portfolio. No. 58/80. On the colophon autographed by Fritz Gurlitt. - Most important German impressionist besides Liebermann a. Slevogt, studied at the Königsberg a. Munich academies as well as at the Académie Julian in Paris, shortly after 1900 he moved to Berlin where he became one of the most important figures of the local secession, his powerfull sensuous paintings owe much to Rubens, in his later works he strived for emotional depth in a expressive pictorial language, was also an eminent graphic artist.- Mus.: Hamburg (Kunsthalle), New York, Hannover, Essen, Dresden a. others. - Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Vollmer, Berend-Corinth L.C. - Werkverzeichnis, 1958, Felix, L.C., 1985, Schuster/Vitali/Butts L.C., 1996 a. others.