Hermann Hendrich - Artist Info

About Hermann Hendrich

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Hermann Heindrich
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    Hermann Hendrich (31 October 1854 in Heringen, Thuringia, Germany - 18 July 1931 in Schreiberhau, Lower Silesia, Germany)

    Born in the vicinity of the storied Kyffhäuser, his parents were Auguste Friederike Hendrich née Ziegler and the baker August Hendrich. From 1870 to 1872 he served his apprenticeship as lithographer; one year shorter than the regular duration due to his evident talent. He then started a job in a Hanoverian lamp factory where he had to draw a catalogue. At that time, he first attended a Wagnerian opera, Tannhäuser, and the wish emerged to be able to draw such musical impressions.

    In 1875, Hendrich attended a job at a Berlin art institution where he had to lithograph oil paintings.&nb...

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