Kurt Lauber
Kurt Lauber (born May 14, 1893 in Bremen , † 1971 in Haar near Munich ) was a German sculptor and painter. His work is attributed to Expressionism , the New Objectivity and the Lost Generation .
life and work
After growing up in Mannheim , Kurt Lauber received his first drawing lessons from 1910 to 1911 at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe from Hans Thoma and Wilhelm Trübner . He then moved to Berlin , where he studied in the studio under Georg Kolbe and Walter Schott . From 1923 to 1927 Kurt Lauber resumed his studies and became Hugo Lederer's master class student . After graduation, he spent a year from 1928 to 1929 in Rome , where he was a guest at the German Academy Rome Villa Massimo for some time . Artistically, he focused on the production of small sculptures, especially portrait busts and nudes. In Berlin, his work has been exhibited at the Berlin Academy of Fine Arts and the Berlin Secession . In 1920 he exhibited in a double exhibition with the expressionist sculptor Franz Gelb in the Kunsthalle Mannheim .
After his studio was bombed out, he lived in Munich from 1956, where he accepted sculptural commissions for public buildings .
His works can be found in the Kunsthalle Mannheim and the Kunsthalle Karlsruhe .
literature
- Jacob Reisner: "Kurt Lauber. Sculptor and painter" . Published in: The art and the beautiful home . 1961 / issue 6.
- Lauber, Kurt . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 3 : K-P . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1956, p. 182 .
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lauber, Kurt |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor and painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 14, 1893 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bremen |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1971 |
| Place of death | Haar near Munich |