Hans Purrmann, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hans Purrmann

German painter

Date of Birth: 10-Apr-1880

Place of Birth: Speyer, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Date of Death: 17-Apr-1966

Profession: graphic designer, painter, sculptor, graphic artist, art collector

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Hans Marsilius Purrmann (April 10, 1880 – April 17, 1966) was a German artist.
He was born in Speyer where he also grew up.
He completed an apprenticeship as a scene painter and interior decorator, and subsequently studied in Karlsruhe and Munich before going to Paris in 1906.
It was here he became a student and later a friend of Henri Matisse whom he set up a painting school with.
After 1916 Purrmann lived in Berlin and Langenargen (Lake Constance), moving from there in 1935 to run the German art foundation at the Villa Romana in Florence.
He lived there until 1943, then in Montagnola (Switzerland).
He died in Basel.
Typical of Purrmann's style are colourful, sensitively painted landscapes, still lifes and portraits.
There are large collections of his works in Langenargen Museum and in the Purrmann House, Speyer.