The German sculptor Ernst Barlach (1870-1938), working predominately in wood, created important figurative carvings in that medium.Ernst Barlach was born in Wedel, a small town near Hamburg, the son o...
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When plays of the expressionist Ernst Barlach were first performed in the 1920s in major cities of the Weimar Republic, no less a critic than Thomas Mann compared Barlach favorably to the young playwr...
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One of the best-known German sculptors during the Weimar Republic, Ernst Barlach also achieved recognition as a playwright after World War I. Although audiences never responded with great enthusiasm t...
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