Tiroler Bauernstube 1913

Lovis Corinth made this scene of a room in Tirol with oil on canvas; it's all brushy and full of convivial energy. It’s like he’s saying, “Let’s capture this moment of people hanging out, eating, maybe playing music.” I can imagine him thinking: How do I show all this activity? He’s not trying to make it perfect, more like get the vibe. The colors are like, yum, warm and cool all mixed up. The paint kinda thick in places, you can see where he really went at it. The guy playing the guitar? Corinth paints him with such quick strokes. You get the feeling of the music without seeing every detail. It's like a shorthand for feeling. You see this in other paintings from around the same time; everyone’s figuring out how to show what’s real, not just what’s there. Painters are all talking to each other, even across time, right? It’s about how we see and feel and show it all at once.