Hans Purrmann
Hans Marsilius Purrmann (10 April 1880 – 17 April 1966) was a German artist. He was born in Speyer where he also grew up. He completed an apprenticeship as a scene painter and interior decorator, and subsequently studied in Karlsruhe and Munich before going to Paris in 1906.
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Hans Purrmann
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- Name
- Hans Marsilius Purrmann
- Born
- 10 April 1880
- Birthplace
- Speyer
- Died
- 17 April 1966
- Place of death
- Basel
- Known for
- Painting
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- art collector · painter · sculptor · graphic artist · graphic designer · draftsperson · visual artist
- Fields
- portrait · graphics
- Movements
- Expressionism
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Hans Marsilius Purrmann (10 April 1880 – 17 April 1966) was a German artist. He was born in Speyer where he also grew up. He completed an apprenticeship as a scene painter and interior decorator, and subsequently studied in Karlsruhe and Munich before going to Paris in 1906.
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It was here he became a student and later a friend of Henri Matisse whom he set up a painting school with. After 1916, Purrmann lived in Berlin and Langenargen (Lake Constance), moving from there in 1935 to run the German art foundation at the Villa Romana in Florence. He lived there until 1943, then in Montagnola (Switzerland). He died in Basel. Typical of Purrmann's style are colourful, sensitively painted landscapes, still lifes and portraits. There are large collections of his works in Langenargen Museum and in the Purrmann House, Speyer.
Von links: Konrad von Kardorff, Hans Purrmann und Susi Zimmermann. Lithographie von Rudolf Großmann, 33.5 cm - 41 cm (13.19 inch-16.14 inch)
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Key facts
• Name — Hans Marsilius Purrmann • Born — 10 April 1880 • Birthplace — Speyer • Died — 17 April 1966 • Place of death — Basel • Known for — Painting
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Gallery
• Illustration — Seated nude, 1909 • Illustration — Nude in front of a mirror, 1919 • Illustration — Entrance of Purrmann house in Speyer
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1880
Hans Purrmann was born in 1880.
1965
Hans Purrmann zum 85. Geburtstag am 10. April 1965 is dated 1965.
1966
Hans Purrmann died at Basel.
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