Wilhelm Lehmbruck was a German sculptor, printmaker, and painter who is best known for his nude sculptures. He studied in Düsseldorf and moved to Paris where his sculpting flourished. When World War I started, he returned to Germany and worked in a military hospital taking care of wounded and dying soldiers. Despite being elected to the Prussian Academy of Arts in 1919, he committed suicide on March 25th. The majority of his works today is housed at the Lehmbruck Museum in Duisburg, Germany. In addition, they can be found at the Honolulu Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art (NYC), the National Gallery of Art (Washington D.C.), Städel Museum (Frankfurt), and the Tate Gallery (London).
Stehende weibliche Figur (1910) By Leonce49 = Hans Weingartz. (selbst fotografiert)) [CC BY-SA 3.0 de
