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1869 Meran, South Tyrol, Italy - 1940 Meran, South Tyrol, Italy. Known for: Impressionist and Expressionist painting.
Leo Putz (1869, Meran-1940, Meran). Leo Putz was born in South Tyrol, Italy. His oeuvre of over 2700 works reflects a life that was dedicated to artistic freedom. He is recognized today as an... Read full biography
Leo Putz (1869, Meran-1940, Meran). Leo Putz was born in South Tyrol, Italy. His oeuvre of over 2700 works reflects a life that was dedicated to artistic freedom. He is recognized today as an important German Impressionist* painter and one of the pioneers of Expressionism*. In 1866 at the age of... Read full biography
Leo Putz (1869, Meran-1940, Meran). Leo Putz was born in South Tyrol, Italy. His oeuvre of over 2700 works reflects a life that was dedicated to artistic freedom. He is recognized today as an important German Impressionist* painter and one of the pioneers of Expressionism*. In 1866 at the age of 16, Putz moved to Munich to take his first drawing lessons under his stepbrother, Prof. Robert Poetzelberger. He then studied fine art at the Academy in Munich and from 1891 to 1892 at the Académie... Read full biography
Leo Putz (1869, Meran-1940, Meran). Leo Putz was born in South Tyrol, Italy. His oeuvre of over 2700 works reflects a life that was dedicated to artistic freedom. He is recognized today as an important German Impressionist* painter and one of the pioneers of Expressionism*. In 1866 at the age of 16, Putz moved to Munich to take his first drawing lessons under his stepbrother, Prof. Robert Poetzelberger. He then studied fine art at the Academy in Munich and from 1891 to 1892 at the Académie Julian* in Paris under Adolphe Bouguereau and Benjamin Constant. *The Munich Secession was founded in 1892 and Putz frequently exhibited at their annual show. After returning from Paris, Putz attended the studio classroom of the genre* painter Paul... Read full biography
Leo Putz (1869, Meran-1940, Meran). Leo Putz was born in South Tyrol, Italy. His oeuvre of over 2700 works reflects a life that was dedicated to artistic freedom. He is recognized today as an important German Impressionist* painter and one of the pioneers of Expressionism*. In 1866 at the age of 16, Putz moved to Munich to take his first drawing lessons under his stepbrother, Prof. Robert Poetzelberger. He then studied fine art at the Academy in Munich and from 1891 to 1892 at the Académie Julian* in Paris under Adolphe Bouguereau and Benjamin Constant. *The Munich Secession was founded in 1892 and Putz frequently exhibited at their annual show. After returning from Paris, Putz attended the studio classroom of the genre* painter Paul Höcker. In 1899, Hocker's class founded the artist group "Die Scholle" ('the soil'). P... Read full biography
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Leo Putz (1869, Meran-1940, Meran)
Leo Putz was born in South Tyrol, Italy. His oeuvre of over 2700 works reflects a life that was dedicated to artistic freedom. He is recognized today as an important German Impressionist* painter and one of the pioneers of Expressionism*.
In 1866 at the age of 16, Putz moved to Munich to take his first drawing lessons under his stepbrother, Prof. Robert Poetzelberger. He then studied fine art at the Academy in Munich and from 1891 to 1892 at the Académie Julian* in Paris under Adolphe Bouguereau and Benjamin Constant. *The Munich Secession was founded in 1892 and Putz frequently exhibited at their annual show.
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