Following in the footsteps of Henri Matisse and Paul Cézanne, Hans Purrmann used vivid colours to develop an independent approach to Expressionist painting which won him international acclaim. Christoph Wagner reviews the work and available sources on Purrmann and presents a painter whose artistic secret, representing what he sees in expressive colours, is worthy of rediscovery.
Following in the footsteps of Henri Matisse and Paul Cézanne, Hans Purrmann used vivid colours to develop an independent approach to Expressionist painting which won him international acclaim. Christoph Wagner reviews the work and available sources on Purrmann and presents a painter whose artistic secret, representing what he sees in expressive colours, is worthy of rediscovery.