Updated 14 April 2025
On Display Permanent collection
Der Eichbaum
| Date | 1907 |
|---|---|
| Materials and Techniques | oil on canvas |
| Size（cm） | 96.2 x 120.5 |
| Inscriptions | no signiture |
| Category | Paintings |
| Collection Number | P.2018-0004 |
Lovis Corinth was a major German Impressionist painter. From the end of the 19th century to the early 20th century Corinth painted in styles ranging from realist works based on his studies at the Académie Julian, Paris, to images heavily influenced by the French Impressionists after he joined the Berlin Secession, and then to later paintings in an expressionist style. The composition and dancing brushstrokes seen here would be unimaginable without reference to the depictions of trees created by such French artists as Courbet, Monet and even Cézanne. A single evergreen oak tree fills this canvas, taking a painting theme steeped in German Romanticism and delving deeper, expanding it into a new expressive dimension. (Source: Gallery label, August 2020)
Provenance
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, by whom acquired from the artist in 1908; Carl Steinbart, Berlin, by whom acquired from the above in 1908; Paul Cassirer, by whom acquired from the above in 1908; Adolf Rothermundt, Dresden, by whom acquired from the above in 1908/09; Paul Cassirer, by whom acquired from the above in 1910; Julius Gerson, Berlin, by whom acquired from the above in 1921; Eva D. Marcu (daughter of Julius Gerson), New York, by 1958; Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York & Chicago, by 1961; Galerie St. Etienne, New York; acquired from the above by the previous owner in Switzerland in 1988; purchased by NMWA, March 2019.
Exhibition History
- 1913
- Lebenswerk von Lovis Corinth, Secession, Berlin, 0 January 1913 - 0 February 1913, cat. no. 102
- 1958
- Lovis Corinth: Gedächtnisausstellung zur Feier des hundersten Geburtsjahres, Stadthalle, Wolfsburg, 0 May 1958 - 0 June 1958
- 1958
- Lovis Corinth 1858-1925, Kunsthalle, Basel, 0 September 1958 - 0 October 1958, cat. no. 43
- 1964
- Lovis Corinth. A Retrospective Exhibition in the Gallery of Modern Art, Gallery of Modern Art, NewYork, 0 September 1964 - 0 November 1964, cat. no. 24
- 1988
- Three Pre-Expressionists: Lovis Corinth, Käthe Kollwitz, Paula Modersohn-Becker, Galerie St. Etienne, New York, 26 January 1988 - 12 March 1988, cat. no. 7
- 1992
- Lovis Corinth, Kunstforum der Bank Austria, Vienna, 2 September 1992 - 22 November 1992, Forum des Landesmuseums, Hannover, 8 December 1992-21 February 1993, cat. no. 25
- 1996
- El Greco bis Mondrian, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, 28 January 1996 - 17 March 1996, Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal, 21 April-16 June; Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Gemäldegalerie Neue Meister, Dresden, 8 July- 15 September; Kunstforum der Bank Austria, Vienna, September-November; Fondation de l’Hermitage, Lausanne, January-April 1997, p. 180 (illustrated on p. 181)
- 2010
- Die Natur der Kunst. Begegnungen mit der Natur vom 19. Jahrhundert bis in die Gegenwart, Kunstmuseum, Winterthur, 31 October 2010 - 27 February 2011, cat. no. 45
- 2022
- In Dialogue with Nature - from Friedrich, Monet and Van Gogh to Richter, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 4 June 2022 - 11 September 2022, cat. no. 54
Bibliography
- 1913
- Bierbaum, Georg. Lovis Corinth. Bielefeld/Leipzig, Velhagen & Klasing, 1913 (Künstler-Monographien 107), p. 82, Abb. 88 (Titled “Deutsche Eiche“).
- 1958
- Berend-Corinth, Charlotte. Die Gemälde von Lovis Corinth: Werkkatalog. München, F. Bruckmann, 1958, no. 335 (illustrated on p. 457).
- 1992
- Berend-Corinth, Charlotte. Lovis Corinth: Die Gemälde. München, Neu bearbeitet von Béatrice Hernad, F. Bruckmann, 1992, no. 335 (illustrated on p. 487).
- 2020
- Annual Bulletin of the National Museum of Western Art. No. 53 (Apr. 2018-Mar. 2019), 2020, Ikeda, Yuko. New Acquisitions. pp. 19-21, List of New Acquisitions. p. 22, col. repr.
- 2022
- In Dialogue with Nature: from Friedrich, Monet and Van Gogh to Richter (exh. cat.). Jingaoka, Megumi; Shinfuji, Atsushi; Yomiuri Shimbun, Museum Exhibition Department, eds. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo; Yomiuri Shimbun; NHK; NHK Promotions, 2022, pp. 123, 258, cat. no. 54, col. repr.