Wilhelm Trübner
1913
This intense portrait captures fellow painter Wilhelm Trübner, sketched with frantic, scratchy lines that give his face a rugged, almost weathered texture. Lovis Corinth created this in 1913, adding a humorous note at the bottom in German: 'from life without beard,' suggesting Trübner was rarely seen clean-shaven! The handwriting in the top right corner confirms the date as April 29th, freezing a specific moment of friendship between two major figures of German art with raw, expressionist energy.
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