Hans Marsilius Purrmann (April 10, 1880 – April 17, 1966) was a German
artist. He was born in
Speyer
Speyer (, older spelling ''Speier'', French: ''Spire,'' historical English: ''Spires''; pfl, Schbaija) is a city in Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany with approximately 50,000 inhabitants. Located on the left bank of the river Rhine, Speyer li ...
where he also grew up. He completed an apprenticeship as a scene painter and interior decorator, and subsequently studied in
Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe ( , , ; South Franconian: ''Kallsruh'') is the third-largest city of the German state (''Land'') of Baden-Württemberg after its capital of Stuttgart and Mannheim, and the 22nd-largest city in the nation, with 308,436 inhabitants. ...
and
Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...
before going to
Paris
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in 1906. It was here he became a student and later a friend of
Henri Matisse
Henri Émile Benoît Matisse (; 31 December 1869 – 3 November 1954) was a French visual artist, known for both his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship. He was a drawing, draughtsman, printmaking, printmaker, and sculptur ...
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
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. He lived there until 1943, then in
Montagnola
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(
Switzerland). He died in
Basel
, french: link=no, Bâlois(e), it, Basilese
, neighboring_municipalities= Allschwil (BL), Hégenheim (FR-68), Binningen (BL), Birsfelden (BL), Bottmingen (BL), Huningue (FR-68), Münchenstein (BL), Muttenz (BL), Reinach (BL), Riehen (BS ...
. 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
* Website covering Hans Purrmann (in German; run by the Hans Purrmann Archive): http://www.purrmann.com/
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* 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
Modern painters
People from Speyer
People from the Palatinate (region)
Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (civil class)
Knights Commander of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany