Hans Purrmann
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Hans Marsilius Purrmann (April 10, 1880 – April 17, 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. 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.
External links
[edit]- Website covering Hans Purrmann (in German; run by the Hans Purrmann Archive): http://www.purrmann.com/
- Hans Purrmann in the German National Library catalogue
- Hans Purrmann High School in Speyer, Germany: http://www.hpg-speyer.de
- Purrmann House, info, opening hours https://web.archive.org/web/20070808003950/http://www.speyer.de/de/tourist/museen/purrmann
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- 1880 births
- 1966 deaths
- 19th-century German painters
- 19th-century German male artists
- German male painters
- 20th-century German painters
- 20th-century German male artists
- German modern painters
- People from Speyer
- Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (civil class)
- Knights Commander of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany