Alter Mann (Old Man)

Corinth employed drypoint, incising the paper directly with a sharp needle to produce deep, roughened lines. The resulting texture is raw and unpolished, emphasizing the artist’s spontaneous, sketch‑like approach and aligning with his shift toward a more expressive, less naturalistic style after his 1911 stroke.

A German painter and printmaker, Corinth trained in Paris and Munich before becoming a leading figure in the Berlin Secession. *Alter Mann* was created during his post‑stroke period, when his work increasingly embraced emotional directness. The print remains part of his print oeuvre, documented in collections of early 20th‑century German graphic art.

The print emerges from a time when Corinth was redefining his artistic language, moving away from earlier naturalism toward a looser, more personal expression. This transition mirrors broader trends in German art of the 1910s, where many artists explored the psychological depth of portraiture through printmaking.