Education
He studied from 1946 to 1951 at the Kunstschule Mainz (Art School Mainz), the Kunstakademie Stuttgart (Stuttgart Art Academy) and the Darmstädter Werkkunstschule (Arts and Crafts School in Darmstadt).
He studied from 1946 to 1951 at the Kunstschule Mainz (Art School Mainz), the Kunstakademie Stuttgart (Stuttgart Art Academy) and the Darmstädter Werkkunstschule (Arts and Crafts School in Darmstadt).
Born in Schwäbisch Hall, Hemrich performed military service (including a period in captivity) from 1942 to 1945. From 1951 to 1953 he was assistant at the Technische Hochschule Darmstadt (Technical University of Darmstadt) and a freelance sculptor from 1953. In 1963 he took a teaching position at the Kunsthochschule Mainz (State University of Arts and Crafts Mainz).
From 1973 he worked at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, first as a lecturer and later as a professor
Among his students was Karlheinz Oswald. Hemrich executed numerous commissions for public buildings such as universities, churches and schools.
His focus was Percent for Art and small sculptural works. In 1963/64 he created new concrete buttresses with symbolic representations of civic history for Saint Christoph, Mainz, where Johannes Gutenberg was baptised and which was damaged in World World War World War II 162.
Hemrich was from 1957 a member of the Darmstädter Sezession and participated in several of its exhibitions.