Lovis Corinth German (1858-1925) THE GOOD SAMARITAN engraving, framed, signed: lower right in pencil plate size: H9 3/4" W7 1/2" *Artist biography: Franz Heinrich Louis Corinth, who adopts the pseudonym 'Lovis' in 1888, was one of the most important representatives of German impressionism. He began his artistic training at the academy of arts in Konigsberg under Professor Otto Gunther, whom he accompanied on several trips. In 1880 he continued his studies in Munich, at first under Franz von Defregger and later in Ludwig Lofftz' painter's class. In the works from that time the influence of the Munich naturalistic painting of the Leibl-group was clearly visible. After a short stay in Antwerpen, Corinth relocated himself to Paris, where he attended the renowned Academie Julian. His teachers were Bouguereau and Robert-Fleury. In 1891 Corinth returned to Munich, where he became founding member of the 'Munich Secession'. But soon quarrels took place and the 'Freie Vereinigung' separated from the group. Due to a bad financial situation Corinth moved to Berlin in 1901, opened a painter's school for women, among who was his later wife Charlotte Berend and became official member of the 'Berliner Sezession'. When Liebermann was forced to step down from his post, Corinth became the new chairman. In 1911 he suffered from a stroke with a passing left-sided paralysis. Paul Cassirer, who had been elected chairman of the 'Berliner Sezession' during the time of Corinth's illness, organised a retrospective in 1913, in which 228 oil paintings were shown. In 1915 Corinth was elected chairman of the secession and appointed professor by the Akademie der Bildenden Kunste in Berlin in 1917. A summer stay in Urfeld at the Walchensee in 1918 led to Corinth's acquisition of a lot of land, on which he began to build his house in 1919. Until 1924 the artist spent several months at the 'Haus Petermann' in Urfeld, which resulted in the series of Walchensee-landscapes. In June 1925 Corinth travelled together with a former pupil to Amsterdam to have a look at works by Rembrandt and Frans Hals. He died from pneumonia while still in Holland. Corinth's uvre consists et al. of more than 100 paintings as well as several books and essays on painting. Today Lovis Corinth is regarded as a 'modern classic' and his works are shown in the most important museums and galleries of the German-speaking countries.