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Curt Lahs - Biography



Curt (or Kurt in the early spellings of his name) Lahs was born January 15, 1893 in Düsseldorf, Germany. He exhibited at the renowned modern art gallery, Galerie Flechtheim in Düsseldorf in 1913, 1914 and had a one-person exhibit there in 1919. In the early 1920s, he was a member of the group, Die Junge Rheinländer (The Young Rheinländers), showing his work in exhibitions curated by their sponsor, Johanna (Mutter) Ey. In 1928, he taught at the Volkskunstschule, Düsseldorf, and in 1929 he became director of the Academia de pintura y esculera, Instituto de Bellas Artes in Medellín, Colombia. He returned Germany in 1930 to teach at the Staatliche Kunstschule, Berlin and was Professor there until 1933 when he was dismissed from his teaching post by the Nazis, who branded him a "Degenerate Artist." At the school, he had met his future wife, Marianne (Ari) Matthiae, who became one of his students there. After his discharge, he and Matthiae re-connected in Paris, where she had become a student at the Sorbonne. She too had been dismissed from the art school due to her anti-Nazi activites. They spent the years 1933 to 1942 traveling and living in France, Germany, Yugoslavia and Italy, and took part in various one person and group exhibitions. In this time, they returned briefly to Germany in 1934 and married in Düsseldorf, where their daughter Angela was born in 1935. They returned again in 1941, when their son Christian was born. In 1943, he was unwillingly pressed into service (RAD) but was let go due to his "antifascist behavior." He was drafted into the German Army and the same year captured by American troops and placed in a British prisoner of war camp. He was released in June, 1945.


Most of his early work was destroyed when the home in which paintings were stored was burned in a bombing and only a few works exist which were already in private collections. In 1947, he began teaching at the University in Halle, Germany. Between 1946 and 1948, was included in several exhibits at Galerie Gerd Rosen and Galerie Brenner, Berlin, including a one person exhibit at the Galerie Gerd Rosen. In 1948, he began a second position at the Hochschule fur Bildende Künste, Berlin, traveling between jobs by train. In 1949 he left the post at Halle after warnings from colleagues regarding new Communist government threat to him. He was again branded a "degenerate artist," this time by the Communists who occupied eastern Germany after the end of World War II. During the post-War years, he was a prolific painter, completing many large and small scale paintings and drawings and exhibited several times at the Galerie Gerd Rosen between 1946 and 1958. In 1952, he won a prize for his painting “Stahl und Eisen,” and in 1954, he won the Kunstpreis from the City of Berlin. He died in his sleep of heart failure June 11, 1958. His works are in a several public collections, including the Neue Nationalgalerie Berlin, the Berlinische Galerie, and the Stadtmuseum Düsseldorf.


See more detailed timeline, exhibition history and bibliography at the bottom of this page.



Curt Lahs Works





Curt Lahs with his Students, late 1940s-early 1950s



Family Photograph



Curt Lahs, late 1940s-early 1950s



Family Photograph



Curt Lahs, Townscape with Steeple, 1913, collection unknown



oil on canvas, 55.5 x 45.5 cm. (21.9 x 17.9 in.)



Curt Lahs, Untitled, 1918 (Ilustrated in "Schöne Tage im Hause Dexel: Das Gȁstebuch," Galerie Stoltz, 1990, collection unknown).



oil on canvas 100 x 80 cm (39.37 x 31.5")



Curt Lahs, Heiliger Sebastian. watercolor, 1918. (Private Collection)


Included in the exhibition "HÖLLE & PARADIES. Der deutsche Expressionismus um 1918,
Städtischen Museums Engen + Galerie 27. September 2020 - 14. Februar 2021



Curt Lahs, Self Portrait with his Wife, 1925
Collection of the Stadtmuseum Landeshauptstadt Dusseldorf


oil on canvas, 100 x 80 cm



Curt Lahs, Untitled Composition, c.1922 (Unknown private collection)



tempera on paper



Curt Lahs, Untitled Composition, 1920s



oil on paper



Curt Lahs, Untitled Composition, c.1925



oil on paper



Curt Lahs, Untitled Composition, 1924



oil on paper



Curt Lahs, Colombia, 1929



oil on paper, 50 x 63 cm



Curt Lahs, Untitled Portrait, Colombia, 1929 (unknown private collection)



ink on paper, image: 23,5 x 21,5 paper:48 x 31,5 cm



Curt Lahs, Untitled (Abstract Landscape), c. 1925



lithograph, 27 x 19.5 cm (10.6 x 7.7"), edition of 30



Curt Lahs, Nachdenkender (The Thinker), 1946



lithograph, edition of 30



Curt Lahs, Untitled Composition, 1930



oil on paper



Curt Lahs, Untitled Composition, 1935



oil on paper



Curt Lahs, Untitled Composition, c.1950s



oil on paper



Curt Lahs, Untitled Composition, 1955



oil on paper



Curt Lahs, Untitled Composition, c.1950s



oil on paper



Curt Lahs, Untitled Composition, c.1956



oil on paper



Curt Lahs, Untitled Composition, c.1950s



oil on paper



Curt Lahs, Untitled Composition, c.1950s



oil on paper



Curt Lahs, Untitled Composition, 1950 (Unknown private collection)



oil on paper, 111 x 166 cm



Curt Lahs, Untitled Composition, c.1930s



oil on paper



Curt Lahs, Cathedrale, (after 1945)



gouache on paper, 58 x 39"



Curt Lahs, Untitled Composition (Angel), date unknown



oil on paper, 14 x 11" (est.)



Curt Lahs, Untitled Composition, c.1956s



oil on paper



Curt Lahs, Untitled Composition, c.1956s



oil on paper



Curt Lahs, Bird, 1945



oil on canvas, 31 1/4 x 39"



Curt Lahs, Der Vogel (The Bird), from a portfolio published by Galerie Gerd Rosen, 1946



lithograph, 30 x 21.5 cm (paper) 25 x 18 cm (image), edition of 30



Curt Lahs, Untitled Composition, Late 1940s-1950s



oil on canvas, 31 1/4 x 39"



Curt Lahs, Untitled Composition, Late 1940s-1950s



oil on paper, 28 3/4 x 40 1/8"



Curt Lahs - Drawings





Lahs made many drawings -- mostly graphite on paper throughout his career. Here are a few examples from various periods. Although Lahs sometimes signed his drawings, they are largely undated.



Curt Lahs, Falling Angels



ink on paper



Curt Lahs, Angels



ink on paper



Curt Lahs, Untitled, n.d.



ink and graphite on paper



Curt Lahs, Untitled, 1930s



graphite on paper



Curt Lahs, Carneval, Nice, 1934



graphite on paper



Curt Lahs, Cafe Scene, 1934



graphite on paper



Curt Lahs, Birds in Flight, 1934



graphite on paper



Curt Lahs, Untitled, 1950s



graphite on paper



Curt Lahs, Untitled, 1950s



ink on paper



Curt Lahs, Untitled (Bone Study), 1950s



ink on paper



Curt Lahs, Untitled (Industrial Scene), 1950s



ink on paper



Curt Lahs, Untitled, 1950s



ink on paper



Curt Lahs, Untitled, 1950s



ink on paper



Curt Lahs, Untitled, 1950s



ink on paper



Curt Lahs, Untitled, 1950s



ink on paper



Curt Lahs, Untitled, 1950s



ink on paper



Timeline



1893 Born Düsseldorf, Germany.


1913 Exhibits in a group show at the opening of the Galerie Alfred Flechtheim, Düsseldorf.


1914 Exhibits in a summer group show at the Galerie Alfred Flechtheim (26. Juli - 12. September).


1915 Briefly attends the Volkskunstschule, Düsseldorf 1916 attends the Kunstgewerbeschule in Berlin


1915-1918 Serves in World War I. 1915: 5th reg. No. 144 “replacement force” field artillery division 1917-18 possibly stationed at Rosenheim wounded, hospitalized Dec. 6-19, 1917 in Munich released from duty 1918.


1919 November 23 to December 6, 1919, One Person Exhibit at the Galerie Alfred Flechtheim, Düsseldorf (“Fritz Claus, Kurt Lahs, Werke von Hans v. Marées)


1920s Marries and is divorced from Hadwig Temborius Dorsch travels to Holland, France, North Africa, Jugoslavia and Italy


1921 Member of the group The Young Rheinlȁnders, exhibition at the home of Mutter Ey.


1922 Group Exhibit: Grosse Berliner Kunstaustellung, im Landesausstellungsgebäude am Lehrter Bahnhof: Verein Berliner Künstler, Rheinische Abteilung, Novembergruppe, Bund Deutscher Architekten, 1922 (Illustration p. 51 “Harmonie in Rosa.”)


1922 “Das Junge Rheinland” within the exhibition “1e Internationale Kunstaustellung, Düsseldorf 1922.” (ref: Das Junge Rheinland: Kunstler - Werke - Documente, Düsseldorf: Galerie Remmert und Barth, 1996


1922 Watercolors by Kurt Lahs, Galerie Neue Kunst Hans Goltz, Munich


1927 Mention in Berliner Kunstblatt, 1927, p. 409.


1928-1929 Teaches at the Volkskunstschule, Dȕsseldorf


1929-1930 Director of the Academia de pintura y Esculera, Instituto de Bellas Artes, Medellin, Columbia


1930-1933 Professor at the Staatlichen Kunstschule, Berlin


1933 Dismissed from his teaching post by the Nazis, branded a "Degenerate Artist"


1933-34 Travels to and exhibits in Paris, reconnects with his student, Marianne Matthiae travels with her to St. Paul de Vence and Nice.


1934 Applies to emigrate to the United States, application denied returns to Germany, marries Marianne Matthiae in Dȕsseldorf


1935 Birth of daughter Angela.


1937 Leaves Germany again travels to, and exhibits in France, Yugoslavia and Italy.


1941, May 8, Son Christian is born in Prien am Chiemsee, Germany


1942 Is pressed into service (Reichsarbeitsdienst (RAD) as a painter, but is let go due to “anti-faschist behavior” and drafted into the German Army in 1943.


1943 Captured by American Troops, incarcerated in British POW camp. Loses most of the early work when the home in which paintings are stored at the Augsburger Str. 62, Berlin, is burned in a war bombing


1945 June Released from prisoner of war camp. Continues to work as an independent artist.


1946 Exhibits at Galerie Gerd Rosen and Galerie Brenner, Berlin.


1946 May 9-June 23, 1946 Group exhibition Kunstaustellung der Provinz Sachsen - Malerei - Plastik - Grafik, Stadtmuseum in der Moritzburg, Halle. Catalogue ill #145 “Figurliche Composition."


1947 Begins Position at the University in Halle, Germany.


1947 May 9 - June 29, Kunstaustellung 1947, Sachsen-Anhalt Malerei/Plastik/Graphik, Stadtmuseum in der Moritzburg, Halle, catalogue il. #168.


1947 Nov - Dec Exhibition Jahresschau Künstlerkreis Gerd Rosen, Galerie Gerd Rosen, Berlin.


1948 Begins a second position at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Berlin. Travels between jobs by train.


1948 May 2 - July 5 Städtischen Museum der Moritzburg, 86 painters including Curt and Marianne Lahs.


1948 May-June 1 Jahr Galerie Henning – Malerei und Grafik (Incl.: Bachmann, Barlach, Crodel, Ehmsen, Hofer, Kaus, Curt Lahs, Otto Müller, Orlowski, Partikel, Pechstein, Richter, Rödel, Ruthenberg, Rübbert,Saal and Winkler), Galerie Henning, Halle.


1949 Leaves teaching post at Halle after warnings from colleagues regarding new Communist government threat to him. He is also considered a degenerate artist by the communist government.


1950 Exhibition: Berliner Neue Gruppe, Charlottenburg Palace, group exhibit with Willi Baumeister, Erich Heckel, Gerhard Marcks, Ernst Nay, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Max Pechstein, Hans Hartung, Hans Uhlmann, and others.


1950 July 1 - 30 Gemälde und Zeichnungen von Kurt Lahs, Galerie Franz, Berlin

1951 March, Kunstamt Neukӧlln, Berlin, “Arbeiten von Kurt Lahs”

1951 Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Deutscher Kunstlerbund, in company with Willi Baumeister, Alexander Camaro, Otto Dix, Erich Heckel, Karl Hofer, Ludwig Meidner, Gabrielle Munter, Ernst Nay, Max Pechstein, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Hans Uhlmann and others.


1952 Jun - Aug. Exhibition: Deutscher Künstlerbund 2. Ausstellung - Berliner Neue Gruppe - Als Gäste die mittlere Generation der zeitgenössischen Maler Frankreichs, Staatenhaus, Köln.


1952 Kunstpreis Düsseldorf for work "Stahl und Eisen."


1954 Kunstpreis from the City of Berlin.


1956 Exhibits at the Rathaus Tempelhof, May 18 - June 10, 1956.


1957 Mar - Apr. Exhibition: Frühjahrsausstellung im Kunstverein Hannover , Kunstverein Hannover.
1958 June 11 - Dies in his sleep of heart failure.


1959 June Exhibition of works by Curt Lahs, Arbeiten von Curt Lahs, Galerie Brunsberg, Hannover.


1985 Feb - Apr Exhibition: Am Anfang: Das Junge Rheinland - Zur Kunst- und Zeitgeschichte einer

Region 1918–1945, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf (Catalogue Illustration, p. 233).


1992 Nov - 1993 Feb Exhibition: Curt Lahs zum hundertsten Geburtstag - Kubistische Figuration, Konstruktion,mikrokosmologische Abstraktion - Arbeiten aus vier Jahrzehnten, Galerie Bernd Dürr - München.


1993 Exhibition: Curt Lahs Retrospective exhibition, Berlinische Galerie, Berlin.


2002 Nov 15 - Dec 20 Exhibition: Curt Lahs, Lehr Berlin.


2013 Concrete–Minimalist–Conceptual, Works from the Collection of Stephan and Birgit Hupertz, Ernst Barlach Haus, Hamburg.


2016 2-Person Exhibition: Im Spiel der Formen: Curt Lahs and Heinrich Wildemann, Salon galerie “Die Möwe," Berlin.


2019 Aug - Dec Group Exhibition: Wiederentdeckte Moderne, Berliner Salongalerie “Die Möwe,” Berlin.


2020 Sept 27 - Feb 2021 Hölle & Paradies. Der Deutsche Expressionismus um 1918, Stadtmuseum Hofheim am Taunus, Germany



Curt Lahs - Known Exhibitions



Known Exhibitions



Beiträge zur Kunst des XIX. Jahrhunderts und un serer Zeit. Zusammengestellt von Dr. Paul Mahlberg. Herausgegeben anläßlich ihrer Eröffnung von der Galerie Alfred Flechtheim G.m.b.H. Düsseldorf, Alleestraße 7, 1913
Sommer-Ausstellung. Rheinische Kunst des 19. Jahrhunderts und un se rer Zeit, Galerie Alfred Flechtheim Düsseldorf, Alleestr. 7 vom 26. Juli bis 12. September 1914
Fritz Claus, Kurt Lahs, Werke von Hans v. Marées, 23. November 23 to December 6, 1919, Galerie Alfred Flechtheim, Düsseldorf.
Junge Rheinlȁnder (Young Rheinlȁnders) exhibition at the home of Mutter Ey, 1921
Grosse Berliner Kunstaustellung 1922, im Landesausstellungsgebäude am Lehrter Bahnhof: Verein Berliner Künstler, Rheinische Abteilung, Novembergruppe, Bund Deutscher Architekten, 1922 (Illustration , p. 51 “Harmonie in Rosa.”).
Kunst der Gegenwart aus Düsseldorfer Privatbesitz, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westphalen, May 12 - June 6, 1932. (with Heinrich Campendonk, Marc Chagall, Theo Champion, Bela Czobel, Maurice Dérain, Otto Dix, Raoul Dufy, James Ensor, Max Ernst, Lyonel Feininger, Ernesto de Fiori, Xaver Fuhr, Werner Gilles, Albert Gleizes, Ernst Gottschalk, Juan Gris, George Grosz, Erich Heckel, Ferdinand Hodler, Karl Hofer, Ernst Isselmann, Wassily Kandinsky, Joachim Karsch, Anton Kerschbaumer, E. L. Kirchner, Paul Klee, Oskar Kokoschka, Georg Kolbe, Curt Lahs, Elie Lascaux, Marie Laurencin, Fernand Léger, Wilhelm Lehmbruck, Rudolf Levy, Jean Lurçat, August Macke, Aristide Maillol, Franz Marc, Henri Matisse, Paula Modersohn, Oskar Moll, Otto Mueller, Edvard Munch, Heinrich Nauen, Emil Nolde, Walter Ophey, Julius Pascin,Max Pechstein, Max Peiffer-Watenphul, Pablo Picasso, Hans Purrmann, Auguste Renoir, Wolf Röhricht, Christian Rohlfs, Karl Schmidt Rottluff, Paul Adolf Seehaus, Gonzales de la Serna, Paul Signac, Renée Sintenis, José Togores, Maurice de Vlaminck) Source: https://edoc.ub.uni-muenchen.de/21760/1/Mues_Jenny.pdf
Exhibits in Paris, location unknown, 1933
Exhibits in Yugoslavia and Italy, 1937-1942 (locations unknown)
Kunstaustellung der Provinz Sachsen - Malerei - Plastik - Grafik, Stadtmuseum in der Moritzburg, Halle, 9. Mai bis 23. Juni 1946. (Catalogue il. #145 “Figurliche Composition." Also exhibited: 138 Blätter und Muscheln I Öl139 Blätter und Muscheln II Öl 140 Blätter und Muscheln III Öl141 Südliche Landschaften Öl 142 Winterlandschaft 143 Schiffsbilder, Zeichnung 144 5 Zeichnungen (südamerik.) Zeichnung 145 Figürliche Komposition Zeichnung 146 Zyklen: ÖL Tempera, Zeichnung Fische, Vögel, Landschaften) Curt Lahs, Quedlinburg, geb. 1893.
Malerei, Graphik, Plastik der Gegenwart Ausstellung im Museum der Bildenden Künste, Leipzig 8. Dezember 1946 bis Ende Januar 1947 (Both Curt and Marianne Lahs - LAHS, Kurt, Halle, 101, Adriamorgen, Pastell 102 Aus dem Zyklus „Tanz“ I, Pastell 103 Aus dem Zyklus „Tanz“ II Pastell 104 Aus dem Zyklus „Tanz“ IV, Pastell 105 Fisch-Rhythmen, Pastell 106, Fratelli, Pastell 107 Herbstlandschaft, Pastell 108, Landschaft mit Sonnenkreis, Pastell T(empera?) 109 Murga muß noch das Fliegen erlernen, Pastell 110 Raubfische LAHS Marianne, Halle, Pastell 111 Disteln, Pastell 112 Ebene und Bäume, Pastell 113 Waldbach, Pastell 114 Wdldwinkel. [Kurt Lahs, ill “Aus dem Zyklus »Tanz« (Pastell)]
Galerie Gerd Rosen, Berlin, 1946. (Catalogue)
Jahresschau Künstlerkreis Gerd Rosen, Galerie Gerd Rosen, Berlin, Nov-Dec, 1947
Galerie Gerd Rosen, 1947. (Catalogue - with Juro Kubicek, Hannah Höch, and others).
Kunstaustellung 1947 Sachsen-Anhalt Malerei/Plastik/Graphik, Städtischen in der Moritzburg, Halle, May 9 - June 29, 1947 (12 works Catalogue il. #168 also included the work of Marianne Lahs)
Grosse Kunstausstellung 1948 Sachsen-Anhalt: Halle (Saale) im Städtischen Museum in der Moritzburg [Malerei, Plastik, Graphik] Städtischen Museum der Moritzburg, (86 painters including Curt and Marianne Lahs), May 2 - July 5, 1948. (Works: LAHS, Curt, Halle, geb. 1893: 147 Blatt 1 bis 101 BI. * Pastelle LAHS, Ari, Halle, geb. 1910-148 Felsgruppe I (Querformat), Pastell 149 Felsgruppe II (Hochformat), Pastell 150 Blumen und Federn, Pastell 151 Baumwurzeln Pastell). Ill p. 13, cat #145.

1 Jahr Galerie Henning – Malerei und Grafik (Incl.: Bachmann, Barlach, Crodel, Ehmsen, Hofer, Kaus, Curt Lahs, Otto Müller, Orlowski, Partikel, Pechstein, Richter, Rödel, Ruthenberg, Rübbert,Saal and Winkler), Galerie Henning, Halle, May-June 1948
Berliner Neue Gruppe, Berlin, 1950 (Group exhibit, Catalogue)
Gemälde und Zeichnungen von Kurt Lahs, Galerie Franz, Berlin, July 1 - 30, 1950
Deutscher Kȕnsterbund, Erste Ausstellung, Berlin, 1951 (Group exhibit, Catalogue)
“Arbeiten von Kurt Lahs,” Kunstamt Neukӧlln, Berlin, March, 1951
Curt Lahs: Farben-Formen-Bilder, Rathaus Tempelhof, May 18 - June 10, 1956
Frühjahrsausstellung im Kunstverein Hannover, Kunstverein Hannover, Mar-April, 1957
20 Maler. Träger des Berliner Kunstpreises "Jubiläumsstiftung 1848 / 1948". Ausstellung anläßlich der Berliner Tage in Frankfurt am Main, 04. bis 26. Oktober 1958, im Wandelgang der Paulskirche, 1958. (With. Hermann Bachmann, Manfred Bluth, Alexander Camaro, Else Driessen, Erich Heckel, Werner Heldt, Karl Hofer, Wolf Hoffmann, Otto Hofmann, Hans Jaenisch, Carl-Heinz Kliemann, Hans Laabs, Curt Lahs, Max Pechstein, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Hans Thiemann, Heinz Trökes, Theodor Werner, Woty Werner und Fritz Winter.).
Arbeiten von Curt Lahs, Galerie Brunsberg, Hannover, June, 1959.
Am Anfang: Das Junge Rheinland - Zur Kunst- und Zeitgeschichte einer Region 1918–1945, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf (Catalogue Illustration, p. 233) (link to collection), Feb - Apr, 1985
Curt Lahs zum hundertsten Geburtstag - Kubistische Figuration, Konstruktion, mikrokosmologische Abstraktion - Arbeiten aus vier Jahrzehnten, Galerie Bernd Dürr - München, Nov - 1993 Feb, 1992
1993 Curt Lahs Retrospective exhibition, Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, 1993
Curt Lahs, Lehr Berlin, Nov. 15 - Dec 20, 2002
Gebaute Bilder: Werke aus der Sammlung Hupertz, Ernst Barlach Haus, Hamburg, Feburary 10 - May 26, 2013. https://www.yumpu.com/de/document/read/11844040/hupertz-folder-21-anita-stohr-weber
Kunst aus Halle von der Nachkriegszeit bis in die Gegenwart, Galerie der Beliner Graphikpresse, 2014. August 28 - September 26, 2014.
Im Spiel der Formen: Curt Lahs and Heinrich Wildemann, Salon Galerie “Die Möwe," Berlin, 2019
Wiederentdeckte Moderne, Berliner Salongalerie “Die Möwe,” Berlin, 2019 August - December, 2019
Hölle & Paradies. Der Deutsche Expressionismus um 1918, Stadtmuseum Hofheim am Taunus, Germany, September 27, 2020 - February 2021


Bibliography



Galerie Alfred Flechtheim. Beiträge zur Kunst des XIX. Jahrhunderts und unserer Zeit. Zusammengestellt von Dr. Paul Mahlberg. Herausgegeben anläßlich ihrer Eröffnung von der Galerie Alfred Flechtheim G.m.b.H. Düsseldorf, Alleestraße 7, 1913, p. 102. (Exhibition and Catalogue).


Galerie Alfred Flechtheim. Sommer-Ausstellung. Rheinische Kunst des 19. Jahrhunderts und unserer Zeit, Galerie Alfred Flechtheim Düsseldorf, Alleestr. 7 vom 26. Juli bis 12. September 1914


Galerie Alfred Flechtheim. “Fritz Claus, Kurt Lahs, Werke von Hans v. Marées.” Düsseldorf: Galerie Alfred Flechtheim, 23. November 23 to December 6, 1919 (Exhibition and Catalogue)


Grosse Berliner Kunstaustellung 1922, im Landesausstellungsgebäude am Lehrter Bahnhof: Verein Berliner Künstler, Rheinische Abteilung, Novembergruppe, Bund Deutscher Architekten, 1922 (Illustration , p. 51 “Harmonie in Rosa.”).


Max Niehaus. Sardinien, Ein Reisebuch. With Illustrations by Curt Lahs. Frankfurt: Societȁt,1938.


Kunstaustellung der Provinz Sachsen - Malerei - Plastik - Grafik, Stadtmuseum in der Moritzburg, Halle, 1946 9. Mai bis 23. Juni 1946 (group exhibition) Catalogue ill #145 “Figurliche Composition," 1946.


Galerie Gerd Rosen, Berlin: Galerie Gerd Rosen, 1946.


Kunstaustellung 1947. Sachsen-Anhalt Malerei/Plastik/Graphik, Stadtmuseum in der Moritzburg, Halle, May 9 - June 29, 1947 (12 works Catalogue il. #168).


Almanach 1947. Berlin: Galerie Gerd Rosen, 1947. (with Willi Baumeister, Jan Bontjes Van Beek, Alexander Camaro, Ernst Geitlinger, Karl Hartung, Werner Heldt, Juro Kubicek, Curt Lahs, Jeanne Mammen, Ernst Wilhelm Nay, Luise Stomps, Paul Strecker, Christian Theunert, Hans Thiemann, Heinz Trokes, Hans Uhlmann, and Mac Zimmermann) Berlin: Galerie Gerd Rosen, 1947.


Galerie Gerd Rosen, (with Juro Kubicek, Hannah Höch, and others).


Grosse Kunstausstellung 1948 Sachsen-Anhalt: Halle (Saale) im Städtischen Museum in der Moritzburg [Malerei, Plastik, Graphik] Städtischen Museum der Moritzburg, (86 painters including Curt and Marianne Lahs), May 2 - July 5, 1948.


Berliner Neue Gruppe, Berlin, 1950 Deutscher Kȕnsterbund, Erste Ausstellung, Berlin, (Hochschule fȕr Bildende Kȕnste) 1951 Various Authors.


Schri Kunst Schri 3, Ein Almanach Alter und Neuer Kunst, Baden Baden: Woldemar Klein, 1955.


Gläser, Käte, 20 Maler. Träger des Berliner Kunstpreises "Jubiläumsstiftung 1848 / 1948". Ausstellung anläßlich der Berliner Tage in Frankfurt am Main, 04. bis 26. Oktober 1958, im Wandelgang der Paulskirche, 1958. (Incl. Hermann Bachmann, Manfred Bluth, Alexander Camaro, Else Driessen, Erich Heckel, Werner Heldt, Karl Hofer, Wolf Hoffmann, Otto Hofmann, Hans Jaenisch, Carl-Heinz Kliemann, Hans Laabs, Curt Lahs, Max Pechstein, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Hans Thiemann, Heinz Trökes, Theodor Werner, Woty Werner und Fritz Winter.).


Curt Lahs. Freundliche Zeichen. With an introduction by Franz Roh. Silberne Quell Band 49, Baden Baden, Woldemar Klein, 1960.


Franz Roh, German Painting in the 20th Century, New York Graphic Society, 1968.


Ulrich Krempel. Am Anfang: Das Junge Rheinland. Zur Kunst und Zeitgeschichte einer Region 1918 -1945. Klaasen Verlag, 1985.


Christine Fischer-Defoy. Kunst. Macht. Politik. Die Nazifizierung der Kunst und Musik Schulen in Berlin. Berlin: Elefanten Press, 1988.


Galerie Stolz. Schöne Tage im Hause Dexel: Das Gȁstebuch. (Fine Days at the Dexel’s: The Guest Book), Cologne: Galerie Stolz, 1990.


Curt Lahs, Ari Lahs, Angela Lahs-Gonzales. Curt Lahs: Kubistische Figuration - Konstruktion - Mikrokosmologische Abstraktion. Published by the Lahs Family, c.1991.


Curt Lahs, Ari Lahs, Angela Lahs-Gonzales: Curt Lahs: Kubistische Figuration - Konstruktion - Mikrokosmologische Abstraktion. Foreword by Berghild Pollmann. München: Galerie Bernd Dürr, 1992. ISBN 3-927872-04-0 (Additions by Galerie Bernd Dürr). Markus Krause.


Galerie Gerd Rosen: Die Avantgarden in Berlin 1945-1950. Berlin: Ars Nikolai, 1995.


Dorit Litt and Matthias Rataiczyk. Verfemte Formalisten: Kunst aus Halle (Saale) 1945-1963. Halle (Saale) Kunstverein Talstrassee.V., 1998.





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