German Painter, 1858-1925 German painter and writer. He grew up on his family's farm and tannery. As a child he showed interest in art, taking informal lessons in drawing from a local carpenter and caricaturing his primary school teachers. Corinth's father sent him to secondary school in the nearby city of K?nigsberg (now Kaliningrad), where he lived with his widowed aunt. A superstitious woman fond of story-telling, she possessed what Corinth later described as a coarse temperament and an unrestrained, 'demonic' humour. These qualities and his aunt's bohemian acquaintances, including fortune-tellers and soothsayers, fascinated the young Corinth, accustomed to his more reserved parents.   Related Paintings of Lovis Corinth :. | Berlin, Unter den Linden | Fruchtestillleben | Portrait of Irma Hubner | Stillleben mit gelben Tulpen, apfeln und Grapefruit | Fishermen's Cemetery at Nidden (nn02) |
Related Artists:
Christian Berentz
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David Martin
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Franqois Balthazar Solvyns
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