Ulrich Leman - Artist Info

About Ulrich Leman

  • Biography

    Ulrich Leman (October 15, 1885-April 22, 1988) was a German painter.

    Born in Düsseldorf, he became interested in painting at an early age and in 1919 he co-founded the group "The Young Rheinland" with other young painters of the day, including Otto Dix and Gert Heinrich Wollheim.

    During the early 1920s Ulrich Leman was a Meisterschüler under Heinrich Nauen at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf.

    In 1927 he befriended Johanna Ey, who as "Mutter Ey" became well known for her stewardship of young and upcoming artists of the day. Leman became a member of her circle, and his works began to appear in her galleries.

    At the end of the 1920s Leman made his first trip to Majorca and decided to move there. In 1930 the ...

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