Hermann Kohlmann (1907-1982), German painter, sculptor and graphic artist, was a pupil at the Dresden Academy under Richard Müller and Max Feldbauer, received the Hugo Göpfert Prize in 1934, which was connected with a subsequent stay in Italy, 1937 he became known to the general public thanks to an exhibition in the Dresden Kunstsalon Emil Richter. Lying lion, oil on cardboard, u. re. sign. u. dated 1966, 50 x 60 cm, ger. 56 x 66 cm