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Self-Portrait with Hat and Coat

1915

Lovis Corinth

(German, 1858–1925)
Culture
Germany, 20th century
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
Framed: 118.1 x 97.5 x 8.3 cm (46 1/2 x 38 3/8 x 3 1/4 in.); Unframed: 99.7 x 78.8 cm (39 1/4 x 31 in.)
Credit Line
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund 1979.14
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After suffering a near-fatal stroke in 1911, Corinth often turned to painting his own image to reveal insight into his emotions. This candid, expressive painting is one of his finest self-portraits from the last decade of his life. His powerful, spontaneous style influenced the development of modernist painting in Germany. From 1915 to 1925, he served as president of the Berlin Secession, a group formed in opposition against state-sponsored art and which organized its own independent exhibitions.
A vertically oriented oil painting in thick, layered brushstrokes depicts a man with light skin tone, a wrinkled face and a thick mustache. Facing us from the waist up, he wears a dark, wide-brimmed hat and a heavy black coat with vertical red and blue strokes over a white shirt. He holds red-tipped paintbrushes in his hand, defined against a sketchy pink and white background with red lettering at the top.

Self-Portrait with Hat and Coat

1915

Lovis Corinth

(German, 1858–1925)
Germany, 20th century

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