Caino e Abele (Brudermord)
1919
Lovis Corinth depicts the biblical brother-killing of Cain and Abel with raw, terrifying energy that feels almost like a snapshot of a violent brawl. The figures are locked in a desperate grapple, rendered in stark black and white with jagged lines that look like they were carved with a knife in a frenzy. Created in 1919 just after the devastation of World War I, this woodcut channels the trauma of the era into pure German Expressionist emotion. It’s a gritty reminder that art doesn't always have to be pretty to be powerful.
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