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Leo Putz

Leo Putz (1869 - 1940) was active/lived in Germany, Holland, Italy.  Leo Putz is 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 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').  Putz and his classmates, who included Walter Georgi, Fritz and Erich Erler and Adolf Muenzer, confro   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 5580 characters.]  Artist bio

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