Hans Northmann - Artist Info

About Hans Northmann

  • Biography

    Johannes (Hans) Peter Karl was born the son of Johann Georg Ferdinand and Therese Marie Henriette (née Schulz) Northmann. He attended a school in Eilbek and began his studies at the general trade school in Hamburg on Steintorplatz in March 1904.

    Among other things, he occupied "Decorative Painting" with Willy von Beckerath during this time. He graduated in 1908 and began working as a teacher at various trade schools in Hamburg. In 1913 he married Martha Käte Henriette Busch (1893-1980), their son Hans-Joachim was born in 1915. In the same year, Northmann was drafted into military service and took part in the battles for Kovel, Riga and Villers-Brettoneux in the First World War.

    In 1919 he was released from military service a...

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