Rudolf Hermanns
Photo print based on a group picture by Ernst August Fischer , 1903
Rudolf Hermanns (born April 17, 1860 in Celle , † July 1, 1935 in Hanover ) was a German painter .
biography
Hermanns was born the son of the actress Clara Behrens (1840-?) And the opera singer Joseph Hermanns (1818-1897). The father celebrated as an opera singer v. a. successes in the USA . He grew up with his grandparents first in Celle and later in Hanover and attended the secondary school here .
In 1878 he began to learn the profession of actor. As a part-time job he made menu cards with drawings and watercolors for more than eight years for the Berlin company AW Faber . He then turned entirely to painting without receiving any special training; he deliberately remained self-taught and only relied on his great talent. Hermanns oriented himself on his role models, the painters Eduard Hildebrandt and Hans von Bartels .
Two-color print, Illustrirte Zeitung No. 3538 of April 20, 1911
In 1888 he moved to Munich as a freelance artist . But he did not find a connection here and returned to Celle four years later. In 1898 he moved to Hanover. He founded a relatively good painting and drawing school here. Hermanns only became known when the Duke of Cumberland bought two paintings from him. After that he also received public contracts and his economic situation improved. Also Hermann Lons was one of his admirers, and praised in 1899 one of his exhibitions.
Work
The North German Plain and here in particular the Lüneburg Heath was the landscape that he preferred to paint. He was fascinated by the largely untouched and undestroyed landscape. Hermanns made pencil drawings with motifs of the heather in the change of the day and seasons, and cityscapes, including Paris and Hanover. There are also numerous watercolors by him that he created very flat. Later he also turned to oil painting . At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, some North Sea motifs were created.
Hermanns traveled a lot. Among others to England , Scotland , Italy and Greece . He first made sketches from which the paintings were later created in the studio . But he was particularly drawn to Paris. Here he captured street life in many drawings . In his autobiography he wrote in 1918
“ Despite war and war cries I have to confess that I owe Paris the deepest suggestions for my development. "
Exhibitions
- 1906 Berlin, large art exhibition
- 1907 in Düsseldorf
- 1912 in Hanover
- In 1898/99 the Schulte Gallery showed larger collections of his work in Berlin, Cologne and Düsseldorf.
Works in museums and collections
Hermann's work can be found in the
- Bomann Museum , Celle
- Albert-König-Museum , Unterlüß
- Museum August Kestner , Hanover
- Historical Museum am Hohen Ufer , Hanover
- Lower Saxony State Museum Hanover
- Drawings are also in the possession of the city of Hanover
literature
- Klaus Homann: Painters see the Lüneburg Heath. Albert-König-Museum, Unterlüß 2008, ISBN 978-3-927399-39-6 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hermanns, Rudolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 17, 1860 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Celle , Lower Saxony |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 1, 1935 |
| Place of death | Hanover , Lower Saxony |