Hans Purrmann Enter a
feeling, not
a gallery.
Choose a mood and the room itself answers — the light cools or warms, the air changes pace, and only the works that carry that feeling step forward from the dark. Everything else recedes into shadow.
Hans Purrmann
Early Life and Artistic Training Hans Purrmann entered the world on 10 April 1880, in the German town of Speyer. His early years in this birthplace provided the foundation for a life dedicated to the visual arts. Before he ever sought the formal instruction of an academy, he learned the practicalities of his craft through an apprenticeship. He worked as a scene painter and an interior decorator, gaining a hands-on understanding of how
color and space interact within a room or upon a stage. This early labor gave him a sense of discipline that would serve him well as he moved toward more rigorous study. He eventually left the practical world of decoration to pursue the finer arts, seeking out the instruction offered in Karlsruhe and Munich. His time in Munich was particularly formative; he spent much of his youth at the Academy of Fine Arts, where he studied from 189…