Hans Hassenteufel

Hans Hassenteufel (27 January 1887, Hamburg – 15 August 1943, Munich) was a German portrait painter who specialized in female nudes.

Life and work

He took private lessons from Rudolf Jacob Zeller in Hamburg, followed by studies at a private painting and drawing school in Munich, operated by Walter Thor; then at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, where his primary professors were Peter Halm and Franz von Stuck.

He remained in Munich throughout his subsequent career, creating an immense number of female portraits and nudes; many done in Orientalist style, He occasionally painted landscapes and still-lifes. Many of his works were published in the form of postcards.

Sources

  • Hassenteufel, Hans. In: Hans Vollmer (Ed.): Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler des XX. Jahrhunderts. Vol.2: E–J. E. A. Seemann, Leipzig 1955, p. 388
  • Horst Ludwig: Münchner Maler im 19. Jahrhundert. Vol.5, Bruckmann, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-7654-1805-6 pg.350
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