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Lothar Kestenbaum
 
  1926 Born in Berlin, Germany
  1945-52 Studied at Hochschule für Bildende Kunste (Fine Arts Academy) in Berlin
  1967 Moved to Mexico
    Traveled Europe, United States and Canada
  1970-95 Head of Department of Sculpture in the Cultural Center "El Nigromante", INBA, San Miguel de Allende, Gto., México
  1995 Died in June of this year
   
 
 
Scholarships & Awards - Becas y Distinciones
  1992 Espacio Escultórico nombrado Lothar J. Kestenbaum, Centro Cultural El Nigromante, INBA, San Migue de Allende, Gto., Mexico
 
  1979 Invited to the International Plastic Arts Symposium, University of Quebec, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
 
  1964-79 Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
   
  1977 Invited Professor, University of Quebec, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
 
  1976 Invited Professor, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA
  
  1974 Studies in Italy and Germany, scholarship by Akademischen Austeuschdienst, Federal Government of Germany
    
  1969 Consigned by the Senate of the City of Berlin Occidental to sculpt the "Happy Family" in bronze 3 mts. in height, donated to Mexico City, located in Colonia Polanco, Parque del Reloj. A steel version, same dimensions, is located in the Papé museum in Monclova, Coahuila, Mexico
    
  1964 Invited Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, USA
     
  1963 Grant from the Senate of Berlin, Villa Serpentara, Alevano Romano, Italy
     
  1962-63 Prix de Rome from the German Academy, Villa Massimo, Rome, Italy
     
 
     
 
Collectors & Collections

 
Dr. Alvar Carrillo Gil, Museo Carrillo Gil, México, D.F.
  
 
Sr. Hal Papé, México, D.F., México
  
 
Museo Biblioteca Papé, Monclova, Coahuila, México
  
 
Sr. Jules Zelman, Los Angeles, California, USA
  
 
Sr. Ed Bergman, New York, U.S.A.
  
 
Sr. Seymoure Strongin, Washington, D.C., USA
  
 
Ambassador Dr. Hans Schwarzmann, Germany
  
 
Sr. Ronnie Thomae, México, D.F., México
  
 
Sr. Berndt Wilmanns, México, D.F., Mexico
  
 
Museo de Arte Moderno, México, D.F., México
  
 
Washington Country Museum of Art, Hagerstown, Maryland, USA
  
 
Senate of Berlin, Germany
  
 
Mutual Trust and Savings Association, Los Angeles, California, USA
  
 
Collection Alvar & Carmen T. de Carrillo Gil, México
  
 
Other private collections in México, USA, Canada, England & Germany
  
 
   
 

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