Brief Biography-Lovis Corinth, born Franz Heinrich, was from Tapiau in the Soviet Union, Prussia, in his time; he changed his name in 1888. His first formal lessons were at the Konigsberg Academy of Art when he was eighteen; however, he painted and drew at nine. He also studied in Munich, Antwerp, and Paris in 1884 under the tuition of Adolphe William Bouguereau.
In 1903, he married Charlotte Berend, a pupil in his new art school in Berlin. He was a successful portraitist, and his work was in high demand. He suffered a severe stroke in 1911, which left him paralysed on his left side, but by 1912 he managed to continue with his paintings and produced a considerable amount of work for the rest of his life. He died in 1925 while visiting the Netherlands to view artworks by some of the Great Masters. Later his work was suppressed by the Nazis for being degenerate. Today he is regarded as one of the primary German painters.