Adolf Lehnert

Adolf Lehnert (20 July 1862 – 6 January 1948) was a Leipzig sculptor and medal designer.

[1] Franz Robert Adolf Lehnert was born in Leipzig, the second of his parents' twelve recorded children.

After the latter suddenly died Lehnert was officially appointed to succeed him as head of the sculpture classes with effect from 1 December 1897.

He worked on the University Library, the nearby German Book Repository and the striking Jugendstil Arts Palace ("Künstlerhaus ").

Leipzig was a well heeled city, and Lehnert also received plenty of work on villa decorations and memorials.

Lehnert designed a series of very appealing angel figures, approximately 135 cm high, for the Württemberg Metalwares Factory (then, as now, best known as a cutlery manufacturer).

Many of Leinhart's works, cast in copper or bronze, were melted down during the first and second world wars in response to materials shortages.