The King at Leuthen
1921
Lovis Corinth throws us right into the muddy, chaotic heart of the Battle of Leuthen with this energetic 1921 print. At the center, a commanding figure in blue—likely Frederick the Great—rides a rearing horse, seemingly oblivious to the scrum of soldiers below. Those foreground figures sporting tall, yellow mitre caps are Prussian grenadiers, rendered with scratchy, frantic lines that make the whole scene feel like it's vibrating with the noise of cannon fire. It captures the raw intensity of war through an Expressionist lens, showing how Corinth's late style moved away from strict realism into something much more emotional.
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- Color lithograph
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