Hermann Plock
Hermann Plock (born January 21, 1858 in Essingen , † April 1, 1920 in Wasseralfingen ) was a German painter of realism .
The son of the foundry artist Christian Plock attended elementary school in Wasseralfingen, then secondary school in Aalen . In 1878 he entered the Württemberg art school in Stuttgart , where he attended the figurative drawing class, the technical painting school and the composing school of director Schraudolph. From 1880 to 1883 he had to interrupt his studies due to an eye condition and was only able to complete it in 1889.
The painter won his first awards while still a student. His painting "Abendstimmung" caused a sensation at the World Exhibition in Paris in 1890 and was subsequently acquired by the Württemberg State Gallery. The daily observer celebrated him on the occasion of an exhibition in Stuttgart in 1900 as the "Uhland of Swabian painters". His works, portraits and landscapes, are attributed to realism.
In the 1890s, Plock began to suffer from paralysis, which soon confined him to a wheelchair and forced him to return to his mother's household in Wasseralfingen. Until 1899 he was known beyond his homeland as a “painter in a hospital chair”, from then on he was unable to paint at all due to his illness and spent the last two decades of his life completely paralyzed.
Hermann Plock's pictures are privately owned and in public collections.
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| SURNAME | Plock, Hermann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter of realism |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 21, 1858 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Essingen |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 1, 1920 |
| Place of death | Wasseralfingen |