Hermann Glockner - Artist Info

About Hermann Glockner

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    Hermann Glöckner
    (1889 - 1987)

    The German painter, designer and sculptor remained close to his hometown Dresden for all his life. From 1904 to 1911, Hermann Glöckner together with Edmund Schuchardt and Kurt Fiedler attended evening classes at the Dresden Arts and Crafts School. 1914 - 1918 he was a soldier in World War I. 1923/24 he studied at the Dresden Academy of Arts with Otto Gussmann. In 1945 most of his work was lost due to the war. From 1945 to 1948 Glöckner was a member of the artists' group "Der Ruf“ (the call). After World War II he lived and worked in GDR, in his last years also in West-Berlin.

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