Selbstporträt im Atelier

Lovis Corinth (German, 1858-1925): Selbstporträt im Atelier, 1914 – (Oil on panel, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, München) Self Portrait in the Studio is a sketchier portrayal of the painter at work, surrounded by his canvases, and looking much more haggard than in his pre-stroke days. Corinth suffered the stroke in 1911; thereafter his painterly style and his outlook on life changed in a number of ways. His brushwork generally became more expressive in nature…