Lovis Corinth
Lovis Corinth
1858 - 1925
Feldblumenstrauß in Tirol. 1913.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated in the upper left. 63.5 x 86.2 cm (25 x 33.9 in).
Painted in St. Ulrich, Grödner Valley.
• VIBRANT COLORS Corinth celebrates the unbridled vitality of the Alpine flora in a palette expressing sensual radiance.
• STYLE Bold, swift brushstrokes dissolve rigid contours and condense the oil paint into a shimmering composition.
• KEY LOCATION Created during his seminal summer stay in South Tyrol in 1913, made around the same time as the iconic “Self-Portrait with Straw Hat” (Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal).
• RARITY In Swiss family ownership for over 70 years, for the first time ever on the international auction market (source: artprice.com).
• WORLD-CLASS STATUS Corinth’s floral still lifes are in leading international collections, such as the Belvedere in Vienna, the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin, the Neue Pinakothek in Munich, and the Detroit Institute of Arts.
• IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Corinth’s significant body of work is currently honored in the exhibition “Lovis Corinth. Dann kam Berlin!” at the Berlinische Galerie (October 2026–January 2027).
PROVENANCE: Collection of Otto Herrmann Claass (1849–1934), Königsberg (probably acquired directly from the artist, until at least 1925).
Gemälde-Galerie Carl Nicolai, Berlin/Bad Kohlgrub (by 1929 at the latest, until at least 1939; probably on consignment with Fritz Gurlitt, Berlin, around 1930) .
Collection of Gita Jäggli-Corti and Hans Jakob Jäggli-Corti, Winterthur, Switzerland (by 1949 at the latest).
Collection of Eva Mollet-Jäggli, Bottmingen, Switzerland (inherited from the above)
Private collection, Switzerland (inherited from the above).
EXHIBITION: Kunstsammlung Stadt Königsberg, 1924.
Kunsthütte Chemnitz, 1926.
Lovis Corinth. Ausstellung von Gemälden zu seinem Gedächtnis, Kunstverein Kassel, held in the Kunstverein’s galleries and at the Staatliche Gemälde-Galerie, September 12–October 15, 1926.
Vom Abbild zum Sinnbild. Exhibition of Masterpieces of Modern Painting, Städel Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt am Main, June 3–July 3, 1931, cat. no. 34.
Winterthur Private Collection II: 20th-Century Works, Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Aug. 28–Nov. 20, 1949, cat. no. 83 (on loan; label on the back of the stretcher).
Lovis Corinth. Memorial Exhibition Marking the 25th Anniversary of His Death, Landesmuseum Hannover, July 16–September 3, 1950, cat. no. 67.
Park und Garten in der Malerei, vom 16. Jahrhundert bis zur Gegenwart, an exhibition held on the occasion of the 1957 Federal Horticultural Show in Cologne at the Messeturm, Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne, 1957, cat. no. 66.
LITERATURE: Charlotte Berend-Corinth, Lovis Corinth. Die Gemälde. Catalogue raisonné, Munich 1992, CR no. 591 (with black-and-white illustration on p. 638).
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Offer from the Gemälde-Galerie Carl Nicolai Painting Gallery, Berlin, June 20, 1929, Düsseldorf City Archives, Record Unit 0-1-4 / Düsseldorf City Administration from 1933–2000 (formerly: Collection IV), No. 0-1-4-3764.0000, pp. 725–729.
Paula Steiner (ed.), Lovis Corinth, dem Ostpreußen, Königsberg 1925, no. 5, p. 66 (with full-page color illustration on p. 25).
Lovis Corinth, Das Erlernen der Malerei. Ein Handbuch, Berlin 1920, p. 86.
Lovis Corinth, Das Erlernen der Malerei. Ein Handbuch, Berlin 1920, p. 86.
Lovis Corinth
1858 - 1925
Feldblumenstrauß in Tirol. 1913.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated in the upper left. 63.5 x 86.2 cm (25 x 33.9 in).
Painted in St. Ulrich, Grödner Valley.
• VIBRANT COLORS Corinth celebrates the unbridled vitality of the Alpine flora in a palette expressing sensual radiance.
• STYLE Bold, swift brushstrokes dissolve rigid contours and condense the oil paint into a shimmering composition.
• KEY LOCATION Created during his seminal summer stay in South Tyrol in 1913, made around the same time as the iconic “Self-Portrait with Straw Hat” (Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal).
• RARITY In Swiss family ownership for over 70 years, for the first time ever on the international auction market (source: artprice.com).
• WORLD-CLASS STATUS Corinth’s floral still lifes are in leading international collections, such as the Belvedere in Vienna, the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin, the Neue Pinakothek in Munich, and the Detroit Institute of Arts.
• IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Corinth’s significant body of work is currently honored in the exhibition “Lovis Corinth. Dann kam Berlin!” at the Berlinische Galerie (October 2026–January 2027).
PROVENANCE: Collection of Otto Herrmann Claass (1849–1934), Königsberg (probably acquired directly from the artist, until at least 1925).
Gemälde-Galerie Carl Nicolai, Berlin/Bad Kohlgrub (by 1929 at the latest, until at least 1939; probably on consignment with Fritz Gurlitt, Berlin, around 1930) .
Collection of Gita Jäggli-Corti and Hans Jakob Jäggli-Corti, Winterthur, Switzerland (by 1949 at the latest).
Collection of Eva Mollet-Jäggli, Bottmingen, Switzerland (inherited from the above)
Private collection, Switzerland (inherited from the above).
EXHIBITION: Kunstsammlung Stadt Königsberg, 1924.
Kunsthütte Chemnitz, 1926.
Lovis Corinth. Ausstellung von Gemälden zu seinem Gedächtnis, Kunstverein Kassel, held in the Kunstverein’s galleries and at the Staatliche Gemälde-Galerie, September 12–October 15, 1926.
Vom Abbild zum Sinnbild. Exhibition of Masterpieces of Modern Painting, Städel Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt am Main, June 3–July 3, 1931, cat. no. 34.
Winterthur Private Collection II: 20th-Century Works, Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Aug. 28–Nov. 20, 1949, cat. no. 83 (on loan; label on the back of the stretcher).
Lovis Corinth. Memorial Exhibition Marking the 25th Anniversary of His Death, Landesmuseum Hannover, July 16–September 3, 1950, cat. no. 67.
Park und Garten in der Malerei, vom 16. Jahrhundert bis zur Gegenwart, an exhibition held on the occasion of the 1957 Federal Horticultural Show in Cologne at the Messeturm, Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne, 1957, cat. no. 66.
LITERATURE: Charlotte Berend-Corinth, Lovis Corinth. Die Gemälde. Catalogue raisonné, Munich 1992, CR no. 591 (with black-and-white illustration on p. 638).
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Offer from the Gemälde-Galerie Carl Nicolai Painting Gallery, Berlin, June 20, 1929, Düsseldorf City Archives, Record Unit 0-1-4 / Düsseldorf City Administration from 1933–2000 (formerly: Collection IV), No. 0-1-4-3764.0000, pp. 725–729.
Paula Steiner (ed.), Lovis Corinth, dem Ostpreußen, Königsberg 1925, no. 5, p. 66 (with full-page color illustration on p. 25).
Lovis Corinth, Das Erlernen der Malerei. Ein Handbuch, Berlin 1920, p. 86.
Lovis Corinth, Das Erlernen der Malerei. Ein Handbuch, Berlin 1920, p. 86.
