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Portrait of a Woman with Dark Hair and Red Corsage, c. 1904

Leopold Museum,
Vienna
Black drawing chalk, pastel on paper
60.8×45.7 cm

Artists

  • Lovis Corinth

    (Tapiau 1858–1925 Zandvoort)

Unfortunately not on display at the moment
With a friendly smile, the young lady is looks frontally out of the picture. Her put-up dark hair and her off-the-shoulder dress refer the portrait to the world of the soiree. The naturalism of her facial features is in contrast to the sketchy and summary treatment of her corsage. The pastel technique, in which colors blend easily, allowed Lovis Corinth (1858–1925) to achieve delicate color shadings and blurred areas. These soft painterly effects underscore the spontaneous look of the painting. The work belongs to Corinth’s impressionist phase. He took up residence in Berlin in 1899, where he was, on par with Max Liebermann (1847–1935) and Max Slevogt (1868–1932), one of the main exponents of German Impressionism.

Object data

Artist/author
  • Lovis Corinth
Title
Portrait of a Woman with Dark Hair and Red Corsage
Date
c. 1904
Art movement
Impressionism
Category
Graphic work
Material​/technique
Black drawing chalk, pastel on paper
Dimensions
60.8×45.7 cm
Signature
Signed center right: LOVIS CORINTH
Credit line
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Inv. 2093
Inventory access
Contributed to the Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung in 1994
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Provenance

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