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Hermann Urban (born October 8, 1866 in New Orleans ( Louisiana ), † August 2, 1946 in Bad Aibling ) was a German landscape painter .
Life
Born the son of a German dentist and the French-Creole opera singer Alice Fleury, Urban came to Bad Aibling in 1867, still as a toddler, where he grew up with his grandparents. The painters Wilhelm Leibl and Ernst Zimmermann recognized his talent and encouraged Urban to study painting. Since April 16, 1885 Urban studied at the Royal Academy of Arts in Munich with Johann Caspar Herterich and Wilhelm von Diez . Together with Max Doerner , Hans Anetsberger , Bruno Paul Hetze and Hans Rossmann , Urban dealt with landscape painting in Neubünsch . This group of artists later founded the Törwang painters' colony . In 1886 Urban opened his first studio in Amalienstraße in Munich. In 1890 Franz von Lenbach visited Urban in his studio. Urban spent the period from 1892 to 1894 in Italy , and in 1894 he became a student of Arnold Böcklin in Florence . In 1897 Urban became a member of the Luitpold Group . In 1908 Urban was appointed professor honoris causa by Prince Regent Luitpold of Bavaria . Urban visited Egypt in 1914 . In 1918 he was elected chairman of the artists' council in Munich. In 1944, his Munich studio was destroyed as a result of an air raid, and many works were destroyed or stolen. Urban moved to Bad Aibling.
literature
- Urban, Hermann . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 33 : Theodotos vacation . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1939, p. 588-589 .
- Urban, Hermann . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 6 , supplements H-Z . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1962, p. 457 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Urban, Hermann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German landscape painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 8, 1866 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New Orleans |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 2, 1946 |
| Place of death | Bad Aibling |