Hans Neumann (graphic designer)

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Hans Neumann (before 1936)

Hans Neumann (born October 26, 1873 in Kassel , † December 31, 1957 in Munich ) was a German graphic artist .

Life

Hans Neumann was the son of the painter Emil Neumann. He studied at the art academies in Kassel and Berlin and settled in Munich after completing his studies. At the suggestion of the painter and typographer Otto Eckmann , he dealt with the technique of color woodcut . His works were created primarily for illustration purposes. They are assigned to the "floral" Art Nouveau .

Like his brother Ernst Neumann , he worked for the magazines Jugend and Simplicissimus .

Hans Neumann was a member of the German Association of Artists . He was also in charge of the "Graphic Design Association", which included August Braun and the Swiss Karl Liner.

Works

  • Last rays of the sun , woodcut in color, 1900.
  • Young lady strolling on the quay in front of the harbor , woodcut in color, 1903.

literature

  • Art and artists in Dachau and in Amperland: 1890–1930; Exhibition in Haimhausen Castle, 8048 Haimhausen b. Munich; November 13, 1981 to January 17, 1982 / Galerie Bernd Dürr. Galerie Bernd Dürr, Munich 1982, DNB 1008539163 .
  • Karl August Reise: Graphics of German Art Nouveau. Rheinland-Verlag, Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn, 1972, ISBN 978-3-7927-0143-0 ( preview on Google Books )
  • Hans Wolfgang Singer : The modern graphics: a representation for their friends and collectors. EA Seemann, Leipzig, 1914, DNB 994809468 .
  • Max Bucherer , Fritz Ehlotzky : The original woodcut : an introduction to its essence and its technique. Reinhardt, Munich, 1914, DNB 57926808X , pp. 43, 53, ill. P. 91.
  • Dressler's Art Handbook 1930 II.
  • Alexander Koch (ed.): German art and decoration: illustrated monthly booklets for modern painting, sculpture, architecture, home art and artists. Women work. Volume 16. A. Koch, 1905, pp. 450–451 ( preview on Google Books ).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Full members of the German Association of Artists. In: kuenstlerbund.de. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on May 24, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Alexander Koch: German art and decoration: illustrated monthly booklets for modern painting, sculpture, architecture, home art and artists. Women work. Volume 16. A. Koch, 1905, pp. 450–451 ( preview on Google Books ).
personal data
SURNAME Neumann, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH October 26, 1873
PLACE OF BIRTH kassel
DATE OF DEATH December 31, 1957
Place of death Munich