3806 - Lovis Corinth, “Alpine Hut”

Lovis Corinth, “Alpine Hut” A hut surrounded by trees in a mountainous landscape, from “Swiss Landscapes”, catalogue raisonné Müller 784, colour lithograph, 1923, signed in pencil “Lovis Corinth” beneath the image on the right, slight signs of ageing, framed with a passe-partout and behind glass, image dimensions approx. 16 x 18 cm. Artist information: born Franz Heinrich Louis Corinth, a significant German painter, lithographer and etcher (1858 Tapiau, East Prussia - 1925 Zandvoort), studied at the Königsberg Academy under Otto Günther and, from 1880, at the Munich Academy under Franz von Defregger and Ludwig von Loefftz; influenced by Wilhelm Trübner; trained as an etcher by Otto Eckmann; later in Paris under Bouguereau; alongside Max Liebermann and Max Slevogt, a leading member of the Berlin Secession; awarded the title of professor by the Berlin Academy of Arts in 1918; awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Königsberg in 1921; worked in Berlin and Urfeld on Lake Walchensee; sources: Thieme-Becker, Vollmer, the Munich Academy’s register and the internet.