Hans Looschen (23 June 1859, Berlin - 11 February 1923, Berlin) was a German landscape, portrait and genre painter. He also created some illustrations.
Wilhelm Fechner (c.1900)
Life and work
editHis father, Hermann Looschen (1838-1891), was a porcelain painter at the Royal Porcelain Factory, Berlin. After graduating from a gymnasium in Charlottenburg, he began studying at the Prussian Academy of Arts. His instructors there included Paul Thumann, Otto Knille, and Ernst Hildebrand.[1] His first exhibition took place at the academy in 1887. He became a lifetime member of the Verein Berliner Künstler (artists' association) in 1892.
In 1893, he began exhibiting regularly at the Große Berliner Kunstausstellung, and served a few terms as its president.[2] He was awarded a small gold medal there in 1908, and a large gold emdal in 1912. From 1899 to 1901, his works were presented at the Berlin Secession.
In 1908, he was also named a professor. Initially, he was a member of the Prussian State Art Commission.[3] Later, he worked with the "Preußischen künstlerischen Sachverständigenkammer" (roughly: chamber of art experts). In 1913, he was elected to the academy, and served in its Senate until his death.[2] The following year, he participated in the Venice Biennale. In 1916, he created a sensation when he visited the Halbmondlager, near Zossen, to paint six prisoners of war from North Africa.
He died in Berlin, at the age of sixty-three, from a heart attack.
Selected paintings
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Ancient Peruvian Grave Finds -
Palace Ball -
Woman Visiting the Museum
References
edit- ^ Jörg Michael Junker, Steffen Iffland, Rainer Hellbers; "Die sechs Gemälde im Stadtverordnetensitzungssaal. Ein Erinnerungsbild an den Maler Hans Looschen", In: Der Heimatbote, self-published, Nordhausen-Salza am Harz, 2001 ISBN 3-9807032-3-1
- ^ a b "Hans Looschen", Vossische Zeitung, Morgen-Ausgabe, Berlin , 1923 (Online @ the Staatsbibliothek Berlin)
- ^ "Neue Mitglieder der Berliner Akademie der Künste", Deutsche Zeitung (in German), Berlin, 1913-03-08
Further reading
edit- Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin, Dominik Bartmann (Ed.): Gemälde II. Verzeichnis des Bestandes vom Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts bis 1945. Berlin 2004, pg.142 ISBN 3-910029-37-X
- Looschen, Hans, in: Detlef Lorenz: Reklamekunst um 1900. Künstlerlexikon für Sammelbilder. Berlin : Reimer, 2000 pg.133 ISBN 3-496-01220-X
External links
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- More works by Looschen @ ArtNet
- Illustrations by Hans Looschen, for the novella Memoirs of a Good-for-Nothing by Joseph von Eichendorff
- Illustrations by Hans Looschen, for the stories of Joseph von Eichendorff