Hermann Struck in Uniform
1914 National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
About this artwork
This is a portrait study in watercolor by Lovis Corinth depicting the artist Hermann Struck in military uniform. The work reflects Corinth's expressive and fluid approach to the medium during the early period of World War I.
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Lovis Corinth created this portrait of his friend and fellow artist Hermann Struck during the initial months of World War I. Struck was a renowned printmaker who later taught figures like Marc Chagall and Max Beckmann. This sketch serves as a personal document of the social circle of Berlin painters caught in the shadow of the Great War.
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Hermann Struck in Uniform
Lovis Corinth, 1914
