Wilhelm Lehmbruck
Wilhelm Lehmbruck (4 January 1881 – 25 March 1919) was a German sculptor. One of the most important of his generation, he was influenced by realism and expressionism.
Wilhelm Lehmbruck
German
Sculpture
Sculpture[edit]
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.
Throughout his career, architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe placed his friend Lehmbruck's sculptures and those of Aristide Maillol into his buildings and designs.[8]
Collections[edit]
The Lehmbruck Museum (Duisburg, Germany) has in its collection about 100 sculptures, 40 paintings, 900 drawings and 200 graphical works by Wilhelm Lehmbruck. The museum, named after Wilhelm Lehmbruck, was originally designed by his son, Manfred Lehmbruck (1913–1992).[9]
The Honolulu Museum of Art,[10] the Museum of Modern Art (New York City), the National Gallery of Art (Washington D.C.), Städel Museum (Frankfurt, Germany), the Neue Nationalgalerie (Berlin, Germany) and the Tate Gallery (London, England) are among the public collections holding works by Wilhelm Lehmbruck. One of his sculptures can be seen in the Villa Tugendhat.[11]
Schlaf (1907)
Stehende weibliche Figur (1910)
Weiblicher Torso (Torso der Großen Stehenden) (1910)
Kniende (1911)
Kniende (c. 1911 - Bronze)
Große Sinnende (1913)
Emporsteigender Jüngling (1913)
Der Gestürzte (1915/16)
Porträtkopf Fritz von Unruh (1918)
