Büste der "Knienden"
Medium
Schamott
Dimensions
49 x 46,5 x 29 cm
Classification
Büste
Department
Belvedere Collection
Museum
Belvedere
Credit
Belvedere, Vienna
Accession Number
4371
About this artwork
Von der Büste wie auch von der ganzen Figur existieren mehrere Varianten in verschiedenen Materialien.
About the Artist
Wilhelm Lehmbruck
Wilhelm Lehmbruck (1881–1919) was a German sculptor whose elongated, melancholic figures rank among the most moving works produced by European Expressionism. Born in Duisburg-Meiderich into a working-class family, Lehmbruck studied at the School of Arts and Crafts in Düsseldorf and later at the Düsseldorf Academy, where he mastered the academic tradition before pushing beyond it toward a more pers...