Wilhelm Lehmbruck
Wilhelm Lehmbruck (January 4, 1881 – March 25, 1919) was a German sculptor.
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[edit] Biography
Born in Duisburg, he was the fourth of eight children born to the miner Wilhelm Lehmbruck and his wife Margaretha. He was able to study sculpture arts at the School of Applied Arts in Düsseldorf by a stipend from the municipal authorities. In 1899 he began to make a living by doing illustrations for scientific publications. He trained at the Düsseldorf Kunstakademie from 1901 to 1906. Lehmbruck was impressed by the sculptures of Auguste Rodin, and traveled to England, Italy, the Netherlands, and Paris. In 1907, he married Anita Kaufmann, and they had three sons. In 1914, he had his first solo exhibition in Paris.[1] He contributed to an exhibition at the Grand Palais in Paris. From 1910–1914 he lived in Paris, where he met Modigliani, Brancusi, and Archipenko.[2] During World War I he served as a paramedic at a military hospital in Berlin. He suffered from severe depression and fled the war by going to Zürich. He was elected to the Prussian Academy of Arts in Berlin in early 1919. After the war he returned to Berlin where he committed suicide on March 25, 1919.
[edit] Sculptures
Lehmbruck's sculptures mostly concentrate on the human body and are influenced by Naturalism and Expressionism. His works, including female nudes, are marked by a sense of melancholy and an elongation of form common to Gothic architecture.
The Museum of Modern Art (New York City), the National Gallery of Art (Washington D.C.), the Tate Gallery (London, England), the Städel Museum (Frankfurt, Germany) and the Lehmbruck Museum (Duisburg, Germany) are among the public collections holding sculptures by Wilhelm Lehmbruck. One of his sculptures can be seen in the Villa Tugendhat.
[edit] Gallery
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„Schlaf“ (1907)
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„Stehende weibliche Figur“ (1910)
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„Weiblicher Torso ( Torso der Großen Stehenden)“ (1910)
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„Kniende“ (1911)
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„Kniende“ (1911? - Bronze)
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„Große Sinnende“ (1913)
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„Emporsteigender Jüngling“ (1913)
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„Der Gestürzte“ (1915/16)
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„Porträtkopf Fritz von Unruh“ (1918)
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[edit] References
[edit] Further reading
- Einstein, Carl. Wilhelm Lehmbruck Graphic Works, Berlin:Paul Cassirer, 1913.
- Hoff, August. Wilhelm Lehmbruck, Berlin:Klinkhardt & Biermann, 1933.
[edit] External links
- Michael Werner Gallery - Home at www.michaelwerner.com
- Lehmbruck-Museum in Duisburg
- Available Works and Biography Galerie Ludorff, Duesseldorf, Germany
- Gallery of Lehmbruck's work
- Wilhelm Lehmbruck (1881 - 1919) Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews at wwar.com Artwork, exhibitions, reviews of Lehmbruck's work
