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Adolf Höfer (painter)
Adolf Höfer (10 October 1869, in Munich – 14 March 1927, in Parsberg) was a German painter, illustrator, and graphic artist. Biography His father was the landscape painter, Heinrich Höfer (painter), Heinrich Höfer. Both of his parents died while he was a child; his mother Mathilde when he was four, and his father, of tuberculosis, when he was nine. In the interval, his father had remarried, and he was raised by his step-mother, Amalie. After completing his primary education, he enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, where he studied with Ludwig Schmid-Reutte, then in the Nature Class taught by Ludwig von Herterich, and finally in the Master Class of Paul Hoecker. While there, he became part of the group of painters who created an artists' association called ""; an agricultural term that often means "homeland", but they denied any patriotic intent.Georg Biermann: "Die Scholle, eine Münchener Künstlervereinigung", In: ''Die Kunst unserer Zeit''. Hanfstängl, 1910, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Adolf (also spelt Adolph or Adolphe, Adolfo and when Latinisation (literature), Latinised Adolphus) is a given name used in German language, German-speaking countries, Scandinavia, the Netherlands and Flanders, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Latin America and to a lesser extent in various Central European and East European countries with non-Germanic languages, such as Lithuanian language, Lithuanian Adolfas and Latvian language, Latvian Ādolfs. Adolphus can also appear as a surname, as in John Adolphus, the English historian. The female forms Adolphine (name), Adolphine and Adolpha are far more rare than the male names. The name is a Compound (linguistics), compound derived from the Old High German ''Athalwolf'' (or ''Hadulf''), a composition of ''athal'', or ''adal'', meaning "noble" (or '':wikt:hadu-, had(u)''-, meaning "battle, combat"), and ''wolf''. The name is cognate to the Anglo-Saxons, Anglo-Saxon name ''Æthelwulf'' (also Eadulf or Eadwulf). The name can also be d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |