In the 20th century, those visiting the south of France claimed nude bathing was traditional, while the rest of Europe and the USA were still developing bathing costumes.
Corinth
His finest narrative paintings from Susanna and the Elders in 1890, through Salome and Homeric Laughter, to Ariadne on Naxos and the Trojan Horse in 1924.
From his first self-portrait when he was 29, through his wild years in Munich and Berlin, his stroke in 1911, and the First World War, to his last shortly before his death 100 years ago.
In his last year of intensive painting, he concentrated on landscapes of the Walchensee, his family, and final narratives of the Trojan Horse and Balzac.
The family moved to live, as much as possible, in their chalet on the shore of Walchensee, where he painted more than 60 landscapes with new-found energy.
From patriotism and optimism, the war took Corinth into depression that was only relieved when he got out of Berlin into the countryside.
Self-portraits during his recovery show how he was changing style to Expressionism, oddities with depth, Odysseus battling with the suitors, Ariadne on Naxos, and Joseph with Potiphar’s wife.
His battle to paint again after his major stroke illustrated in Bordighera, rough sea in a storm, Samson blinded, and mirror-play.
Homeric Laughter at Venus and Mars caught together, birthday paintings, an unusual portrait of a merchant of wild animals, and more.
The childhood of Zeus, the capture of Samson, Bacchante couple, two Temptations of St Anthony, and a portrait of the artist and his growing family.
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