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Paul Hey BIOGRAPHY
1867 Munich, Germany - 1952 Gauting. Known for: Painting, printmaking, drawing, illustration.
Paul Hey was a German painter, illustrator, and graphic artist born in Munich in 1867. He studied at the Munich Academy with Karl Raupp, Johann Caspar Herterich, and Ludwig von Löfftz from 1886 to... Read full biography
Paul Hey was a German painter, illustrator, and graphic artist born in Munich in 1867. He studied at the Munich Academy with Karl Raupp, Johann Caspar Herterich, and Ludwig von Löfftz from 1886 to 1889. Hey served in the 1st Bavarian Infantry Regiment in 1889 and went on study trips to Egypt,... Read full biography
Paul Hey was a German painter, illustrator, and graphic artist born in Munich in 1867. He studied at the Munich Academy with Karl Raupp, Johann Caspar Herterich, and Ludwig von Löfftz from 1886 to 1889. Hey served in the 1st Bavarian Infantry Regiment in 1889 and went on study trips to Egypt, Italy, Greece, England, and Scotland. He was active as a draftsman for picture postcards for the Munich publisher Ottmar Zieher around 1900. Hey was conscripted as a war painter in World War I in 1914 and... Read full biography
Paul Hey was a German painter, illustrator, and graphic artist born in Munich in 1867. He studied at the Munich Academy with Karl Raupp, Johann Caspar Herterich, and Ludwig von Löfftz from 1886 to 1889. Hey served in the 1st Bavarian Infantry Regiment in 1889 and went on study trips to Egypt, Italy, Greece, England, and Scotland. He was active as a draftsman for picture postcards for the Munich publisher Ottmar Zieher around 1900. Hey was conscripted as a war painter in World War I in 1914 and was appointed "royal professor" in 1917. He gained great popularity in 1939 through the illustrations of German fairy tales from the cigarette collectors' pictures commissioned by the Reemtsma company. Hey was a member of the Reichsverband Bildender... Read full biography
Paul Hey was a German painter, illustrator, and graphic artist born in Munich in 1867. He studied at the Munich Academy with Karl Raupp, Johann Caspar Herterich, and Ludwig von Löfftz from 1886 to 1889. Hey served in the 1st Bavarian Infantry Regiment in 1889 and went on study trips to Egypt, Italy, Greece, England, and Scotland. He was active as a draftsman for picture postcards for the Munich publisher Ottmar Zieher around 1900. Hey was conscripted as a war painter in World War I in 1914 and was appointed "royal professor" in 1917. He gained great popularity in 1939 through the illustrations of German fairy tales from the cigarette collectors' pictures commissioned by the Reemtsma company. Hey was a member of the Reichsverband Bildender Künstler Deutschlands, the Münchner Künstlergenossenschaft, and the Süddeutscher Illustratorenbund München. He was initially active in Munich and moved... Read full biography
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Paul Hey was a German painter, illustrator, and graphic artist born in Munich in 1867. He studied at the Munich Academy with Karl Raupp, Johann Caspar Herterich, and Ludwig von Löfftz from 1886 to 1889. Hey served in the 1st Bavarian Infantry Regiment in 1889 and went on study trips to Egypt, Italy, Greece, England, and Scotland. He was active as a draftsman for picture postcards for the Munich publisher Ottmar Zieher around 1900. Hey was conscripted as a war painter in World War I in 1914 and was appointed "royal professor" in 1917. He gained great popularity in 1939 through the illustrations of German fairy tales from the cigarette collectors' pictures commissioned by the Reemtsma company. Hey was a member of the Reichsverband Bildender K...But wait, there's more...
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