Lovis Corinth - The Apostle, Paul [1911]

            The apostle's eyes are wide open, his mouth is slightly open and his right hand appears rigid and tense. In this expressive picture, Lovis Corinth clearly depicts not only a representative of the Christian faith, but also a fanatical missionary. Paul, who persecuted Christians before his proverbial conversion "from Saul to Paul" describes himself in the letter to the Galatians: "You have heard how I once lived as a law-abiding Jew, and you know how I persecuted and tried to destroy the Church of God.” Corinth shows the apostle from the front, but Paul is not looking at us. As if possessed, his face reveals the zeal that characterised him even before his conversion. In his left arm he holds the weapon with which he will find martyrdom, now himself a persecuted man who dies by the sword of the Romans.

[Kunsthalle Mannheim - Oil on canvas, 120 x 90 cm]

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