Meadow with Stork and Frog
1920
Lovis Corinth captures a frantic moment in nature in this 1920 piece, where a gangly stork with a sharp red beak hunts through a scribbled meadow. The scene explodes with loose, scratchy lines and washes of blue and ochre, blending the lightness of his earlier Impressionist days with the raw, jagged emotion of German Expressionism. You can almost feel the tension as the bird eyes its prey—likely the frog mentioned in the title—amidst the chaotic, sketchy landscape that feels more like a vivid memory than a photograph.
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