A fascination with the human figure

Veteran artist Hans Josephsohn’s sculptures have their first Irish outing at Lismore Castle Arts, writes Tina O’Sullivan

JOSEPHSOHN is the major summer show at Lismore Castle Arts. The solo exhibition of Hans Josephsohn’s figurative sculptures is the artist’s first in this country, which he has yet to visit.

Josephsohn was born in Kaliningrad, East Prussia, in 1920. He attended art school in Florence, Italy, before moving permanently to Switzerland in 1939. His exile was prompted, in part, by his Jewish heritage. Josephsohn trained under the Swiss sculptor Otto Müller.