New Building in Monte Carlo
1914
Lovis Corinth captures the chaotic energy of a construction site in Monte Carlo with wild, slashing brushstrokes that make the whole scene feel like it's vibrating. A massive, gnarled tree anchors the foreground, standing defiantly amidst the dirt, bustling workers, and towering cranes of early 20th-century progress. Painted in 1914 just as the world was plunging into World War I, this Expressionist masterpiece turns a mundane building project into a swirling, almost apocalyptic dance of color and motion, reflecting the artist's own turbulent state of mind.
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