Sculptor, painter, draughtsman and printmaker, Margarete Klopfleisch (née Grossner) was born in Dresden in 1911. War, and the catastrophic economic problems which followed, brought great financial hardship. The resultant ill health and fervent…

The female figure with her raised arms clutching her head reflects the emotional state of Klopfleisch at the time, who had been interned on the Isle of Man in 1940-41. Whilst on the island she had suffered a miscarriage. This sculpture was a follow…

When the interactive viewer has loaded you can use your mouse button or finger to click and drag the sculpture side to side to view it in 360°. You can see further details of this sculpture here. Reproduced by permission of the artist’s estate.

When the interactive viewer has loaded you can use your mouse button or finger to click and drag the sculpture side to side to view it in 360°. You can see further details of this sculpture here. Reproduced by permission of the artist’s estate.

This sculpture can be explored using our 360° interactive viewer.