Wilhelm Lehmbruck
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Wilhelm Lehmbruck (* January 4, 1881 in Duisburg, † March 25, 1919 in Berlin) was a German sculptor.
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[edit] Biography
He studied sculpture arts at the academy of arts in Düsseldorf and contributed to an exhibition at the Grand Palais in Paris. He came to move to Paris in 1910. During World War I he served as a paramedic at a military hospital in Berlin. He suffered from severe depressions and fled the war by going to Zürich. After the war he returned to Berlin. In 1919 he committed suicide distressed by his ongoing state of depression.
[edit] Sculptures
Lehmbrucks sculptures mostly concentrate on the human body and are influenced by Naturalism and Expressionism. Most of his sculptures express agony and the feeling of misery, they are usually made up as anonymous figures and there are no visible individual facial features. His works, including female nudes, have been known for an elongation common to Gothic architecture.
The Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art (Japan), the Honolulu Academy of Arts, Indiana University Art Museum, Museum of Modern Art (New York City), Nasher Sculpture Center (Dallas, Texas), the National Galleries of Scotland, the National Gallery of Art (Washington D.C.), the Norton Simon Museum (Pasadena, California), Schleswig-Holstein Museums (Germany), Städel Museum (Frankfurt, Germany), Tate Gallery, Von der Heydt-Museum and the Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum (Duisberg, Germany) are among the public collections holding sculptures by Wilhelm Lehmbruck.
[edit] See also
[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
