Philipp Herrmann

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Hyacinth by Ph. Herrmann

Philipp Herrmann (born August 18, 1899 in Karlsruhe , † September 19, 1968 there ) was a German painter and restorer .

Life

Philipp Herrmann - not to be confused with Philipp Ludwig Herrmann - was born on August 18, 1899 in Karlsruhe. At the age of 16 he left grammar school with the primary school leaving certificate and after passing the entrance examination received a place at the Karlsruhe Academy . There he studied with Walter Georgi and, after his service in the First World War, with Friedrich Fehr and Walter Conz .

In October 1920 he moved to the Munich Academy , where he became one of Hugo von Habermann's last master students . In the summer of 1925 he went to Paris for a year; At the end of 1926 he moved back to Karlsruhe.

Since then he has been represented in the exhibitions of the Badischer Kunstverein .

Herrmann's special talent lay in portraits , landscape painting and still life . His strong brushstrokes and his light, impressionistic technique present what is depicted in great plasticity and with a clearly defined mood.

Since Herrmann's pictorial conception no longer corresponded to the more modern aspirations after the First World War and he could no longer earn his living as a freelance artist, he decided in October 1933 to learn the craft of restorer in the restoration studio of the Kunsthalle Karlsruhe . In 1936 he established himself as a self-employed restorer; especially after the Second World War he was very successful with it; as a restorer he had many students.

The Städtische Galerie Karlsruhe owns a picture (autumn landscape, oil on canvas) by Philipp Herrmann.

Philipp Herrmann died on September 19, 1968 in Karlsruhe.

literature

  • Irmtraud Jo Himmelträger: Philipp Herrmann. A painter against his time. In: Weltkunst 1999, issue 11, p. 1894 f.

Web links

Commons : Philipp Herrmann  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ L. Mülfahrt, Small lexicon Karlsruher painter. Karlsruhe 1987, p. 175.
  2. ^ Residenz-Anzeiger, December 22, 1926, 2nd sheet.
  3. ↑ Karlsruher Tagblatt, December 24, 1926, p. 2.
personal data
SURNAME Herrmann, Philipp
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and restorer
DATE OF BIRTH August 18, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH Karlsruhe
DATE OF DEATH 19th September 1968
Place of death Karlsruhe