Hans Kallmeyer

Hans Julius Bernhard Kallmeyer (born September 1, 1882 in Erfurt ; † August 28, 1961 in Bayreuth ) was a German painter and graphic artist .

Life

Due to the transfer of his father, an officer in the Prussian army , Kallmeyer grew up in Goldap , East Prussia . He attended school in Gumbinnen and the Collegium Fridericianum . Then he studied until 1907 law .

After studying law, he turned to painting and received his training at the Dresden Art Academy . There he was a student of Richard Müller and Emanuel Hegenbarth . As a freelance artist, he later painted again in Königsberg . He found his motives in nature. From 1905 to 1944 he painted almost exclusively animals. In his studio in Nidden he created paintings of moose , sea eagles , herons and ducks . He is therefore also known as the painter .

As an athlete , Kallmeyer was a co-founder of SpVgg ASCO Königsberg . He played ice hockey and practiced the javelin throw . His son, born in 1924, is the architect Lothar Kallmeyer .

During the air raids on Königsberg at the end of August 1944, Kallmeyer's studio and his paintings there were burned. The flight and expulsion of Germans from Central and Eastern Europe from 1945 to 1950 brought him to Bayreuth, where he died in 1961.

Hans-Georg Author: Königsberg (Pr). Encounter with a European metropolis. 2., ext. and updated edition. Edited by the East Prussian Landsmannschaft. Hamburg 2002, p. 42 ( PDF; 1.3 MB [accessed on May 13, 2019]).
Colors and shapes recorded / The painter Hans Kallmeyer died 50 years ago. In: Preussische Allgemeine Zeitung . Episode 34-11, August 27, 2011 ( search for "Hans Kallmeyer" in the archive search window ; beginning of the article can be viewed freely)

personal data
SURNAME	Kallmeyer, Hans
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Kallmeyer, Hans Julius Bernhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German painter and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH	September 1, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH	Erfurt
DATE OF DEATH	August 28, 1961
Place of death	Bayreuth