Lovis Corinth Trivia Questions

Corinth was famous for portraits, including those of historical figures like Nietzsche, and also painted biblical and mythological scenes.

Corinth was German, not French, and is associated with German Impressionism and later Expressionism, not the French movement.

The Nazis condemned his work as 'degenerate' and removed it from museums; he was not a member of any Nazi art movement.

After a stroke, Corinth adapted by painting with his right hand, leading to a looser, more expressive style that defined his late work.

Corinth did not have a childhood speech impediment; he suffered a stroke in 1911 that caused aphasia and partial paralysis, affecting his speech and motor skills later in life.

Lovis Corinth married Charlotte Berend in 1903; she was his student and muse, and they had three children together.

Corinth painted his final work, 'Self-Portrait with Skeleton,' in 1925, the day before dying of pneumonia on July 17. The painting reflects his dark humor and lifelong preoccupation with mortality.

Lovis Corinth was born in 1858; at age 19 he was studying in Königsberg and had no major exhibition. He moved to Berlin in 1901 and had his first solo show there that year.