13 Facts About Lothar Wolleh

Lothar Wolleh was a well-known German photographer.

Until the end of the sixties, Lothar Wolleh worked as a commercial photographer.

Lothar Wolleh made portraits of international contemporary painters, sculptors and performance artists.

Lothar Wolleh was born in Berlin-Wedding, the first of four sons of the unmarried worker Else Martha Wolleh.

Lothar Wolleh spent the World War II years in Berlin, suffering the heavy Allied bombing campaign that finished the long struggle.

Lothar Wolleh was able to return to Berlin in 1956, after Konrad Adenauer's successful negotiations for the return of German prisoners of war.

Lothar Wolleh took part in a regular monthly recovery program of the World Council of Churches for war-damaged youth.

Lothar Wolleh's son Oliver was born in 1965, and his daughter Anouchka in 1966.

In 1979 Lothar Wolleh died after an asthma attack in London, shortly after he had photographed Henry Moore.

Lothar Wolleh's clients included well-known companies such as the Deutsche Bundesbahn, Tchibo or Volkswagen.

In 1969, Lothar Wolleh traveled for several months through the Soviet Union.

Lothar Wolleh's works are precisely designed and staged through a clear, often strictly symmetrical image structure.

In total, Lothar Wolleh is known to have portrayed 109 artists.