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Hans Purrmann

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Hans Marsilius Purrmann
Self-portrait, 1897
Born(1880-04-10)10 April 1880
Speyer
Died17 April 1966(1966-04-17) (aged 86)
Basel
NationalityGerman
Known forPainting

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. It was here he became a student and later a friend of Henri Matisse whom he set up a painting school with.[1][2] 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.[3] He lived there until 1943, then in Montagnola (Switzerland).[4] He died in Basel.[5] 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.

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  • Seated nude, 1909
    Seated nude, 1909
  • Nude in front of a mirror, 1919
    Nude in front of a mirror, 1919
  • Recumbent nude, 1940
    Recumbent nude, 1940
Entrance of Purrmann house in Speyer

References

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  1. ^ Stamm, Rainer; Köpnick, Gloria (2024). Matisse kommt mir vor wie vom Himmel (in German). Berlin: Deutscher Kunstverlag. ISBN 978-3-422-80212-4.
  2. ^ "Ein Leben für die Farbe". Deutschlandfunk Kultur (in German). 20 January 2006. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
  3. ^ Kuhn, Philipp (8 October 2019). Refugium Villa Romana. Hans Purrmann in Florenz 1935-1943 (in German). Berlin: Deutscher Kunstverlag. ISBN 978-3-422-98025-9.
  4. ^ "im Fokus: "Hans Purrmann in Montagnola"– Rückblick". Archiv – Kunstportal-Pfalz (in German). Retrieved 31 December 2024.
  5. ^ "Personen". Künste im Exil (in German). Retrieved 31 December 2024.

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Further reading

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hans Purrmann.
  • Official website (Hans Purrmann Archive) (in German)
  • "Home". HPG-Speyer – Hans-Purrmann-Gymnasium Speyer (in German). 22 December 2024. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
  • "Purrmann-Haus". Stadt Speyer (in German). Retrieved 31 December 2024.
  • "Museum Langenargen". Museum Langenargen (in German). Retrieved 31 December 2024.
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