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Self-Portrait with Hat and Coat

1915

Lovis Corinth

(German, 1858–1925)
Germany, 20th century
oil on canvas
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.)
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund 1979.14
Location: 225 German Expressionism & Surrealism

Description

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.
  • Thomas Corinth and Mine Corinth Klopfer.
  • Lee, Sherman E. "The Year in Review for 1979." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 67, no. 3 (1980): 58-99. Reproduced: cat. no. 52, p. 78; Mentioned: p. 61 www.jstor.org
    Benay, Erin. "A Conversation with Karamu House Alumnus Curlee Raven Holton." In Karamu Artists Inc.: Printmaking, Race, and Community, Britany Salsbury and Erin Benay, 124-129. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2025. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 124-125, fig. 44
  • The Garden of the Avant-Garde: Heinrich Kirchhoff - An Unknown Collector of Jawlensky, Klee, Nolde.... Museum Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany (organizer) (October 27, 2017-February 25, 2018).
    Museum Wiesbaden, Germany (10/27/2017 - 2/25/2018): "The Garden of the Avant-Garde: Heinrich Kirchhoff - An Unknown Collector of Jawlensky, Klee, Nolde..."
    Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Beijing World Art Museum (May 26-August 27, 2006); Mori Art Center (September 16-November 26, 2006); Seoul Art Center, South Korea (December 22, 2006-March 28, 2007); Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, South Korea (April 7-May 20, 2007); Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada (June 9-September 16, 2007); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 21, 2007-January 13, 2008); Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN (February 15-June 1, 2008); Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT (June 22-September 21, 2008); The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (October 12, 2008-January 18, 2009).
    CMA (organizer). Beijing World Art Museum, China, May 26 - Aug. 27, 2006; Mori Arts Center, Tokyo, Japan: Sept. 9 - Nov. 26, 2006; Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea: Dec. 18, 2006 - March 31, 2007; Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea: Apr. 7 - May 20, 2007; Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: June 9 - Sept. 16, 2007; Cleveland Museum of Art, Oct. 21, 2007- January 13, 2008; Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN, Feb. 21-June 1, 2008; Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT, June 22 - September 21, 2008; and the Detroit Institute of Arts, MI, October 12, 2008 - January 18, 2009: "Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art"
    Year in Review: 1979. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 13-March 9, 1980).
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