Wilhelm Lehmbruck

Wilhelm Lehmbruck (* January 4 1881 in Duisburg, ? March 25 1919 in Berlin) was a German sculptor.

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.

Related Topics:
Düsseldorf - Paris - 1910 - World War I - Paramedic - Depression - Zürich - 1919 - Suicide

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