Hanns Altmeier

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Hanns Altmeier (born February 15, 1906 in Saarbrücken , † April 27, 1979 in Koblenz ) was a German painter and art teacher .

Career

Altmeier was born the son of an association secretary of the Catholic workers' movement and grew up in Koblenz .

He initially worked as a teacher at a school in Kruft . His activity was interrupted when he was called up for military service. After the end of the war, he worked as an art teacher at the Pedagogical Academy in Andernach and Koblenz from 1948 , where he later became a lecturer for art education and finally became a professor at the Koblenz Pedagogical University.

In 1946 Altmeier was a co-founder of the Mittelrheinischer Künstlerverband and two years later of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Bildender Künstler am Mittelrhein (AKM). In 1954 he was elected President of the Professional Association of Visual Artists Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland , in 1957 he was the founding president of the European Association of Visual Artists from the Eifel and Ardennes .

In 2016, on the occasion of the painter's 110th birthday , his son Dieter Altmeier and Rudi Krawitz curated a retrospective of his work with over 80 exhibits in the Metternich house in Koblenz. Dieter Altmeier and Rudi Krawitz also look after the painter's artistic estate.

His brother Peter Altmeier was Prime Minister of Rhineland-Palatinate from 1947 to 1969.

Awards

literature

  • Wolfgang Eschmann: Hanns Altmeier. 1906-1979 . Görres-Verlag, Koblenz 1986

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personal data
SURNAME Altmeier, Hanns
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and art teacher
DATE OF BIRTH February 15, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Saarbrücken
DATE OF DEATH April 27, 1979
Place of death Koblenz