Death and the Artist
1921
Lovis Corinth puts a terrifying spin on the creative process by showing Death literally looking over the artist's shoulder. In this 1921 lithograph, the creator is hunched over his desk, pen in hand, while a grinning skull looms menacingly in the background. Corinth, a key figure in German Expressionism, was obsessed with mortality after surviving a severe stroke years earlier. You can feel that anxiety in the frantic, scratchy lines that seem to vibrate with nervous energy, as if the artist is racing against his ultimate critic.
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