Hugo Kunz (painter)
Hugo Kunz (born March 10, 1884 in Mainz , † December 18, 1938 in Munich ) was a German painter and etcher .
Life
Hugo Kunz studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich from 1909 to 1911 . His teachers were Peter von Halm and Hugo von Habermann . As a painter, he mainly created portraits and expressionist landscapes and, as a member of the Munich Secession , his work was represented at their exhibitions and at the art exhibitions in the Munich Glass Palace .
The magazine Jugend published some of his works on their covers.
After the artist's early death, a commemorative exhibition was held in 1941 on Mathildenhöhe in Darmstadt .
Hugo Kunz was a member of the Schlaraffia Association .
Works
Portrait of Ruth Schaumann
literature
- Kunz, Hugo . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 22 : Krügner – Leitch . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1928, p. 114 .
- Kunz, Hugo . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 3 : K-P . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1956, p. 139 .
- Erna von Langsdorff: Hugo Kunz in memory. Hohmann, Darmstadt 1941.
- Hugo Kunz . In: Anniversary exhibition Ludwig von Hofmann and Adolf Beyer, commemorative exhibition Hugo Kunz. (illustrated catalog) October 4 to November 23, 1941. Hohmann, Darmstadt 1941, p. 19-22 , doi : 10.11588 / diglit.24128 ( uni-heidelberg.de , uni-heidelberg.de - With works, a portrait of the artist and some works [ Damenbildnis , Young Woman in Spring Landscape , Portrait of a Woman and Reading boy ]).
Web links
- Entry in the register of the Munich Academy of Arts
- Works by Hugo Kunz for the magazine Jugend
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Kunz, Hugo |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter and etcher |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 10, 1884 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Mainz |
DATE OF DEATH | December 18, 1938 |
Place of death | Munich |