Hermann Bahner

Still life with peonies 1921

Hermann Bahner (born September 6, 1867 in Kaiserswerth ; † May 7, 1938 in Langen ) was a German painter from the Düsseldorf School .

Live and act

Hermann Bahner was born in Kaiserswerth in 1867 (today part of Düsseldorf). He studied from 1890 to 1892 as a private student with Olof Jernberg . In the period between 1888 and 1896, he traveled frequently to the Netherlands, particularly Katwijk , but also Dordrecht . In 1901 he moved to Hessen. There he lived and worked in Willingshausen , Bensheim , Oberursel , Schotten and Langen, among others . He preferred to paint landscapes with groups of people and animals. Since he moved to Hesse, he has specialized in forest and town views. In this way he gained international fame. In several German cities there are squares and streets named after Hermann Bahner. a. in Langen (Hermann-Bahner-Straße), where he died in 1938.

Exhibitions

View of Michelbach / Vogelsberg

Group exhibitions

1904/1905: Wiesbaden, traveling exhibition of the Association of Art Friends in the countries on the Rhine
2016: Villa Grün, Dillenburg

Works in collections

Langen, Old Town Hall Museum
Langen, city archive
Berlin, National Gallery in Berlin
Magdeburg, municipal art collection
Cologne, art association
Düsseldorf, art gallery
Darmstadt, Hessian State Museum
Speyer, Museum of the Palatinate
Koenigsberg (Kaliningrad), art gallery
Municipal Gallery Schwalenberg.
Villa Grün, Dillenburg
Museum Bensheim, Bensheim

literature

Hermann Board : Bahner, Hermann . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 2 : Antonio da Monza-Bassan . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1908, p. 362 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

Web links

Commons : Hermann Bahner - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Hermann Bahner , data sheet in the portal rkd.nl ( Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie )
Hermann Bahner , auction results on the portal artnet .de
A trainer for your own four walls. op-online ( Offenbach-Post ), June 22, 2010, accessed on May 29, 2013

Individual evidence

^ Museum Kunstpalast : Artists of the Düsseldorf School of Painting (selection, as of November 2016), PDF
^ Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden - exhibition archive , accessed on May 29, 2013.
↑ [1] on the website of the Hessian Museum Association, accessed on May 29, 2013.
↑ City archive acquires further Bahner works. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of February 23, 2004, accessed on May 29, 2013.

personal data
SURNAME	Bahner, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German painter
DATE OF BIRTH	September 6, 1867
PLACE OF BIRTH	Kaiserswerth
DATE OF DEATH	May 7, 1938
Place of death	Long

[1] Museum Kunstpalast : Artists of the Düsseldorf School of Painting (selection, as of November 2016), PDF

[2] Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden - exhibition archive , accessed on May 29, 2013.

[3] [1] on the website of the Hessian Museum Association, accessed on May 29, 2013.

[4] City archive acquires further Bahner works. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of February 23, 2004, accessed on May 29, 2013.