Wilhelm Lembrook ( German: Wilhelm Lehmbruck ; January 4, 1881 , Meiderich - March 25, 1919 , Berlin ) - German sculptor , artist and graphic artist .
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Content
- 1 Life and work
- 2 Selected Works
- 3 notes
- 4 Literature
- 5 Links
Life and work
Born in a miner family. He graduated from the Düsseldorf Academy of Arts . Presented at the Paris Salon of 1910, Lembroke 's sculpture “The Standing Female Figure” brought the author international fame. In his work, one can feel the effect on the master of the ancient tradition of sculpture. The free, living structure of the body and the finished, in its contours and volume perfect and proportional plastic elevate his statue to the rank of eternal, timeless masterpieces of sculpture.
The work of Aristide Mayol and Georges Minne had a significant artistic influence on William Lembrook, but by 1911 the master was developing his own style. In bronze sculptures and reliefs, Lembrook depicts miners during work, at the time of rest. The sculptor wrote the following about his understanding of artistic harmony: “Everything in art is subject to measure. Measure to measure means everything. Measure, or in figures - proportions determine the impression, determine the action, determine the silhouette of the sculpture and everything else. Therefore, a good sculpture should be created as a good composition - as a projected building, where also each size is measured by a reasonable measure. ” Based on these views, when creating his statues, Lembrook primarily focused on the classical system of proportions. Together with Ernst Barlach, he developed new sculptural ideas expressed by Adolf Guildenbrand after the stagnation of the sculpture in the 19th century, which consisted of not putting the plot and external spectacularity in the first place, but the plastic form and its laws. He lived in Paris until 1914, where he met new trends in painting, studied the sculpture of Mayol. Like Mayol, he depicts a human figure through which he gives a symbolic expression of his feelings and thoughts. Female figures of elongated proportions are characteristic, plastic forms are geometrized, an expressive gesture is emphasized, the rhythm of silhouette lines, an elongated, withered body - a carrier of spiritual strength. The sharpened expressiveness of plastic forms, angularity, pointedness echoes the expressionism that prevailed in Germany at that time. The drawings and engravings left by the artist are also remarkable. In 1919, Lembrook committed suicide because of his feelings for actress Elizabeth Bergner .
Lembrook's work is on display at the Duisburg Art Museum , which bears his name and is housed in a building built by his son, recognized by the master of museum architecture, Manfred Lembrook .
Selected Works
- The Great Standing 1910 Wuppertal , von der Hoydt Museum
- Knee-Decked 1911
- “The rising youth” 1913
- “Full Feelings” 1913/1914
- The Fallen Concrete 1915/1916
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Wilhelm Lehmbruck
- ↑ 1 2 Wilhelm Lehmbruck - 2006.
- ↑ Wilhelm Lehmbruck - 2006. - ISBN 978-0-19-977378-7 , 978-0-19-989991-3
- ↑ 1 2 3 Lembrook Wilhelm // Great Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 30 vol.] / Ed. A. M. Prokhorov - 3rd ed. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia , 1969.
- ↑ LIBRIS - 2018.
Literature
- Enzyklopädie des Wissens, Bd. 6, Köln 1990
- “Ausgaben von der Heydt Museum Wuppertal.Skulpturen I” oJ
Links
- Wikimedia Commons has media files related to Wilhelm Lembrook