Ancient legends
Ancient legends is the title of a collection of drypoint etchings by the artist Lovis Corinth , which was created in 1919 and published by the Marées Society in Dresden .
background
On May 17, 1918, the art historian and director of the Marées Society, Julius Meier-Graefe , suggested a portfolio of drypoint etchings from Lovis Corinth, which was supposed to have "a specific, not too narrowly defined object" as its theme. According to his ideas, it should be about the interpretation of a literary work or a collection of landscapes, still lifes or interiors . Corinth instead chose twelve themes from ancient Greek mythology and began work on the etchings during the final weeks of the First World War .
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The collection includes twelve scenes from Greek mythology, some of which refer to earlier paintings by the artist. He chose an expressionistic style for the sensual and sometimes voluptuous pictures and at the same time processed his unease about the political situation in Germany.
Education of Archill
The forge of the volcano
The robbery of Helen
The childhood of Zeus
The mirrors of Venus
Odysseus and the suitors
Variant of Odysseus and the suitors
The collection appeared in a run of 150 outputs, of which 100 to Bütten- and 50 on Japanese paper were printed.
supporting documents
- ↑ Barbara Butts: The youth of Zeus. In: Peter-Klaus Schuster , Christoph Vitali, Barbara Butts (eds.): Lovis Corinth . Prestel Munich 1996; Pp. 368-369. ISBN 3-7913-1645-1 .
- ^ A b Heather Hess: Description in the German Expressionist Digital Archive Project, German Expressionism: Works from the Collection 2011. Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Web links
- All graphics , Museum of Modern Art, New York.