Lovis Corinth (1858 - 1925) was a German artist and writer whose mature work as a painter and printmaker realized a synthesis of impressionism and expressionism.Corinth studied in Paris and Munich, joined the Berlin Secession group, later succeeding Max Liebermann as the group's president. His early work was naturalistic in approach. Corinth was initially antagonistic towards the expressionist movement, but after a stroke in 1911 his style loosened...