Hugo Wilhelm Kauffmann, a genre painter, was born in 1844 in Hamburg am Chiemsee. Hugo was the son of Hermann Kauffmann the Elder and the father of Hermann Kauffmann the Younger. Huga was a pupil of Martin Gensler and Günther Gensler in Hamburg from 1861 to 1863. Städelschule Jakob Becker, Edward Jakob von Steinle and Johann Nepomuk Zwerger worked in the artists' colony in Kronberg im Taunus from 1863-1871. This was interrupted by short periods in Hamburg. In 1867 Hugo spent five months of study at the Academy in Dusseldorf and from 1869-70 he spent a half year studying in Paris. From 1879 to 1911 Hugo took part in the Munich glass Palace exhibitions, the Academy exhibitions and Great Art Exhibitions in Berlin. Kauffma_Thieme-Becker, Boetticher, Müller- Singer, Rump, Dressler, Bruckmann _Munich artists of 19-20. century._ and _The Düsseldorf School_, Saur, Glaspalast catalogs and Wikipedia. ...