Lehmbruck, Wilhelm, the important sculptor, graphic artist and medalist (1881-1919, died by suicide). Eigh. Letter and eifh. Postcard m. U. "W. ==References== 5 p. 4to and Quer-8vo. Berlin-Friedenau 21.IX. and 3.X.1915. First, a long letter to the painter Hilla von Rebay in the domain office Grimnitz (Uckermark near Groß-Ziethen), which apparently should help him, as a friend of General Max von Gallwitz, to be employed not as a soldier at the front, but in a more appropriate way. "... So we (Free Secession) have decided for the middle of January an exhibition, paintings, plastic, black and white. The 'Free Secession' is well known to you, it is probably the best thing in Germany, the older ones like Liebermann, Slevogt and also the younger ones the best. I'll probably be on the jury. What do you think if I were to write directly to Excellenz von Gallwitz, I could then also tell a bit more about what I'm going to do with him. I wrote you about the latter in my last letter. The easiest thing would be if Excellent v. Gallwitz would tell the General Command that he would like to take me or at least that he agreed that I would come to his army ... It was a pity that at that time the thing where General Glokke used to be in a friendly way ended with the fact that I might have been able to work in the cartographic department to draw maps, which did not seem very interesting to me. I don't know if I wrote to you at the time that Liebermann gave me a letter in the sense that it would be very desirable for the German art of the future if I were admitted as a draftsman or outside ... This is a rumor that Fénéon was shot in a fight in the café at the beginning of the war, as he scolded the English. The postcard is about Lehmbruck's futile attempt to reach Hilla from Rebay by phone. Fieldmail letter (1 p., Leszno 21.VII.1915) of the mentioned artillery general Max von Gallwitz (1852-1937), also to Hilla von Rebay. He says thank you for your letter about Lehmbruck. "... In the meantime you will probably have learned from the newspapers what period of activity he entered with me. It is very lively to ... As far as the artist is concerned, all requests for admission to the front must go through the 'Deputy Grand General Staff Berlin'. It is expressly forbidden for the High Commands pp. to admit writers, artists, etc. independently. I can only help in so far as Mr Lehmbruck could state in his request that he wishes to come to my army group, where a war drawer is not present at the moment, and I would agree with his transfer. Whether he will find a lot of material here, I cannot guarantee it; in recent times it has been an opportunity. Outside it bangs ...". - Lehmbruck was working as a paramedic in the auxiliary hospital in Friedenau at that time, but was admitted as a war painter in Strasbourg by Liebermann's mediation in December 1915.