1881
Born January 4 in Meiderich (Duisburg)
1895-1901
Trained at the School of Arts and Crafts, Düsseldorf
1901-1906
Enters the Düsseldorf Academy of Art and studies under Karl Janssen
1905
Travels to Italy. Makes numerous drawings, notably of Roman sculpture, Michelangelo’s Medici Chapel and genre scenes of Italian life
1907
Travels to Paris
1908
Marries Anita Kaufman on June 6
1909
On March 11, his first son, Gustav Wilhelm, is born in Düsseldorf
1910
Moves to Montparnasse with his family
Begins work in graphics and is introduced to the process of stone casting
1911
Completes the major sculpture Kneeling Woman, which marks an important stylistic shift in Lehmbruck’s work
1913
Participates in the Armory Show in New York
Manfred, his second son, is born on June 13
1914
With the threat of war, Lehmbruck flees Paris with his family, settling in Berlin in November
1915
Makes repeated attempts to avoid being classified for active military duty
Begins friendship with the Falk family
1915-1916
Serves as a paramedic in a military hospital in Berlin
1917
Moves to Zürich
Guido, his third son, is born on February 2
1919
On January 24, Lehmbruck is selected a member of the Prussian Academy of Fine Arts
Commits suicide on March 25
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
1913
The Armory Show, New York, NY
1939
Art in Our Time, Museum of Modern Art, New York
1957
Tate Gallery, London
1964
Inaugural Exhibition, Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg
1972
The Art of Wilhelm Lehmbruck, National Gallery of Art, Washington; University of California, Los Angeles; San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
1993
Wilhelm Lehmbruck, Michael Werner Gallery, New York; Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne
1996
A Crisis in Art: Degenerative Art and the Third Reich, Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura; Miyagi Musuem of Art, Sendai; Prefecture Museum of Art, Yamaguchi
1997
Lehmbruck / Beuys: Skulpturen, Zeichnungen, Radierungen, Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne
2000
Lehmbruck: Durch Form zum Geist, Gerhard Marcks-Haus, Bremen; Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg; Staatliche Kunsthalle Mannheim, Karlsruhe
2008
Lehmbruck / Beuys: Drawings, Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg
2010
Akte, Galerie Michael Werner, Märkisch Wilmersdorf
2011
100 Years of Lehmbruck’s “Kneeling Woman”, Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg
2012
Sculptures and Etchings, Michael Werner Gallery, New York
The Michael Werner Collection: I sat Beauty on my knees. (…) And I reviled Her., Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris
2013
Sculpture and Works on Paper, Michael Werner Gallery, London