Kurt Lehmann was born in Koblenz in 1905, August 31
Kurt Lehmann studied at the Staatliche Kunstakademie Kassel under Alfred Vocke from 1924-29 and held his first exhibition of pictorial works at the Kunstverein there in 1929. Study trips to Belgium and France brought him into contact with Aristide Maillol, and in 1930 he was awarded a scholarship to stay at the Villa Massimo in Rome. From 1931 he lived in Berlin, where he was friends with the sculptors Gerhard Marcks and Gustav Seitz. In 1934, Lehmann moved back to Kassel. He was a soldier from 1940-45 and his studio in Kassel was destroyed during the war. In 1946, he resumed his work in Kassel and from 1949 to 1969, he held the chair of modeling in the architecture department at the Technical University of Hanover.
In Hanover, Kurt Lehmann created numerous sculptures and reliefs that still set accents in the cityscape today. He was a central figure in the artistic development of the city in the post-war period during the 1950s and early 1960s.
Kurt Lehmann was a member and, from 1952 to 1960, a board member of the Deutscher Künstlerbund. In 1955 he took part in documenta 1 in Kassel. From 1970 until his return to Hanover at the end of 1998, he lived in Staufen im Breisgau. Here, inspired by the unique landscape and its people, he created works full of joie de vivre and simplicity. His works reflect his deep knowledge of the essence of creation.
Kurt Lehmann, "Menschenpaar", Bronze Relief, 6th copies, 1979, 22 x 21 x 6 cm
