Hans Kuhn (artist)

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Hans Kuhn (born October 12, 1905 in Baden-Baden ; † December 12, 1991 ibid.) Was a German painter, graphic artist and university professor.

Live and act

Kuhn studied from 1924 to 1926 with Ludwig Meidner in Berlin and from 1926 to 1929 in Paris with Bissière . From 1929 to 1935 he lived in Italy, where he met Werner Gilles , whose circle of artists he later remained connected. From 1936 to 1941 he lived in Berlin. From 1937 he was banned from exhibiting. After completing his military service (1941–45) and being a prisoner of war in Baden-Baden, Karl Hofer appointed him to the University of Fine Arts in Berlin , where he worked until 1974. From 1975 he lived alternately in Baden-Baden and Berlin. In 1969 he received the State Prize of the State of Baden-Württemberg . From 1951 to 1968, Hans Kuhn was a board member of the German Association of Artists .

In Günther Wirth's view , from 1950 onwards he "broke away from compositions that were strongly object-related and intensified the tendency towards abstraction, so that at times he came to the non-representational image."

Exhibitions

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ kuenstlerbund.de: Board members of the German Association of Artists since 1951 ( Memento of the original from December 17, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on October 2, 2015)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kuenstlerbund.de

literature

  • Kuhn, Hans , in: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of the Fine Artists of the 20th Century. Vol. 3 (K to P) , EA Seemann, Leipzig 1999 (study edition). ISBN 3-363-00730-2 (p. 135).
  • Günther Wirth: Art in the German Southwest from 1945 to the present. Hatje, Stuttgart 1982.
  • Hans Kuhn - Documentation of his artistic work with an introduction by Fritz Baumgart, Cologne: DuMont Schauberg 1968.

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personal data
SURNAME Kuhn, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter, graphic artist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH October 12, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Baden-Baden
DATE OF DEATH December 12, 1991
Place of death Baden-Baden