Hans Northmann

Hans Northmann (born April 20, 1883 in Hamburg ; † May 12, 1972 ibid) was a German painter and trade school teacher.

Life

Johannes (Hans) Peter Karl was born as the son of Johann Georg Ferdinand and Therese Marie Henriette (née Schulz) Northmann. He attended a school in Eilbek and began his studies in March 1904 at the general trade school in Hamburg on Steintorplatz . Among other things, he took part in "decorative painting" with Willy von Beckerath during this time . In 1908 he graduated and began to work as a teacher at various trade schools in Hamburg . In 1913 he married Martha Käte Henriette Busch (1893–1980), their son Hans-Joachim was born in 1915. In the same year Northmann was drafted into military service and took part in the battles for Kovel , Riga and Villers-Brettoneux in the First World War. In 1919 he was dismissed from military service as a lieutenant in the reserve and from April 1 he was again active as a trade school teacher, and from 1920 as a civil servant. In 1920 he also joined the Hamburg Art Association .

In the 1920s and 1930s Northmann made various trips, including a. to the artist colony Schwalenberg (1928), to Bruges (1928), Spain (1931), Norway (1934), Italy (1936) and Yugoslavia (1938). From 1935 he was a member of the "Fine Arts of the Reich Chamber of Culture " and only from 1937 to 1939 a member of the NSDAP . In 1939 the son, Hans-Joachim, died of scarlet fever. In the same year Northmann was drafted into the war again in World War II and spent three winters outside Moscow since the attack on Russia until he was discharged from military service in 1944 because of an injury.

On October 31, 1945, Northmann was retired due to poor health. No incriminating facts from the time of National Socialism were known. From 1945 on there is little evidence of Northmann's life. What is certain is that, despite his partially paralyzed right hand, he continued to paint and also showed his works in exhibitions. Hans Northmann died in Hamburg in 1972. His grave is in the Hamburg cemetery Ohlsdorf .

Subjects

Preferred motifs are concrete landscape, harbor, street and building scenes.

Works

(Selection)

• around 1911: Sea lights on the Dutch coast. Oil on canvas, 84 × 98 cm. Altonaer Museum , Hamburg.
• 1912: harbor with docks. Charcoal on paper, 26 × 39 cm. Altonaer Museum , Hamburg.
• 1912: Coal lifter at the dock. Charcoal on paper, 26 × 39 cm. Altonaer Museum , Hamburg.
• 1913: Portrait of a little girl Erika L .. Oil on canvas, 61 × 50 cm.
• 1928: "Die Tinne" (old apartment building). Oil on canvas, 80 × 70 cm. Collection of the Lippe Regional Association / City of Schieder-Schwalenberg.
• 1928: Schwalenberg, Old Town Hall. Oil on canvas, 43 × 33 cm. Collection of the Lippe Regional Association / City of Schieder-Schwalenberg.
• 1931: Katharinenkirche with Steckelhörn (Hamburg). Oil on canvas.
• 1942: Russian village near Smolensk. Oil on canvas, 80 × 60 cm.
• 1952: sunset in the harbor. Oil on canvas, 67 × 81 cm.

Exhibitions

Collective exhibitions

• 1937/1938: Hamburger Kunstverein : “Hamburg painters on the move: sketches, studies, pictures.” Contribution to Sorrento with Vesuvius .
• 1938/1939: Hamburger Kunstverein: "Hamburger Künstler". Post old fisherman .
• June 3 to September 30, 2012: Museum Kronberger Malerkolonie : “In Dialogue: The Schwalenberg Artists Colony visits Kronberg”. Post Die Tinne .

Solo exhibitions

• August 8, 2012–2. December 2012: Hans Northmann. A painter from Hamburg is rediscovered . In the Altonaer Museum in Hamburg.

Hans Northmann's paintings will also be auctioned.

literature

• Elmar J. Kühn (Ed.): Hans Northmann (1883-1972) - A Hamburg painter. Verlag der Kunst, Husum 2014, ISBN 978-3-86530-195-6
• The new rump. Lexicon of visual artists Hamburg, Altonas and the surrounding area. Revised new edition of the lexicon by Ernst Rump 1912, Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster 2005, ISBN 3-529-02792-8
• Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century Third Volume. EA Seemann Verlag, Leipzig 1999

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Landesverband Lippe, Lippische Kulturagentur: Malerstadt Schwalenberg.
2. ^ Elmar J. Kühn (Ed.): Hans Northmann (1883-1972) - A Hamburg painter. Verlag der Kunst, Husum 2014, ISBN 978-3-86530-195-6 . P. 14.
3. ↑ Landesverband Lippe, Lippische Kulturagentur: Malerstadt Schwalenberg.
4. ↑ Landesverband Lippe, Lippische Kulturagentur: Malerstadt Schwalenberg.
5. ↑ Schwalenberg artists' colony visits Kronberg ( Memento of the original from December 10, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
6. ^ Altonaer Museum: Exhibition archive, accessed on July 4, 2014.
7. ↑ Hans Northmann at arcadja, auction results.
8. ^ Hans Northmann Auction Price Results at invaluable.