Lovis Corinth (1858–1925) was born in the peasant family; however, this did not prevent him from becoming the artist of the highest demand in East Prussia. His is success was such, that his works were practically torn off the easel, as he himself remarked in his autobiography book. Corinth studied in Konigsberg Academy of Arts, and after that improved his skills in Munich under supervision of Ludwig von Lefftz. 

In those days, Munich together with Paris was the artistic centre, gathering artists from all over the world.

Corinth created the piece In the Artist”s Studio in 1919. During that period, Corinth took hard the defeat of Germany in World War I. He identified himself with the Prussian state and could not accept its capitulation. In those difficult times, his studio became somewhat a shelter for him; he fled there to avoid hearing political news. In this piece, Corinth depicted himself with his wife Charlotte – most probably, in his studio in Berlin surrounded by easels.

Corinth painted himself with a sketchbook in the left hand (apparently, the artist is making notes about future work), and he painted his wife naked. She contrasts with the gloomy artist, whose stare is focused only on his notes. Corinth conveyed this contrast with the help of quite abrupt movements of the dry point across the paper.