Hannes Schmucker
Hannes Schmucker (born April 6, 1899 in Eger , Northern Bohemia , † January 31, 1965 in Munich ) was a German painter.
Life
Schmucker was the son of a railway official. After graduating from high school , he moved to the Western Front as a war volunteer in 1917 . On his return home, like his father, he entered a civil service career. He broke it off in 1922 and went to Munich. From 1924 attended Franz von Stuck's class at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich . After taking study trips to Paris and Belgrade , he settled in Berlin in 1932 . He captured the atmosphere of the city in his works. In 1934 he accompanied his wife to Königsberg i. Pr. In intensive work he devoted himself to motifs from the East Prussian landscape and the representation of still lifes and people. In World War II, the army moved in, he fell into Soviet captivity. He returned in 1945 and initially lived in Augsburg . Since most of his works had been destroyed in the war, he carried out an artistic reorientation that included abstract painting . In 1947 he moved to Munich and became a member of the Neue Münchner Künstlergenossenschaft . Until 1965 he exhibited in the Haus der Kunst every year . He dealt intensively with cubism . He died after a short, serious illness at the age of 65.
literature
- Walter Romstoeck: The painter Hannes Schmucker . K. Thiemig, Munich 1967.
- Brigitte Lohkamp: Hannes Schmucker. Life, work, theory . K. Thiemig, Munich 1986. ISBN 3521041585 .
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schmucker, Hannes |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schmucker, Hans |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 6, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Eger , Northern Bohemia |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 31, 1965 |
| Place of death | Munich |