Hanns Bolz

self portrait 1910

Hanns Bolz (Aachen, 22 January 1885 - Munich, 4 July 1918) was a German expressionist and cubist painter.[1][2]

Hanns Bolz studied art at the Düsseldorf Art Academy. After graduating from the academy in 1908, he went to Paris. He lived in Paris until war broke out. He rented the studio that had formerly been Pablo Picasso's. Bolz's favorite haunt in the city was the Café du Dome, where he mingled with the small German artist group that had sprung up around Purrmann and Levy. It was there that he made the acquaintance of the famous art dealer Alfred Flechtheim.

Hanns Bolz's portrait of Emmy Hennings (1912).
Portrait of Alfred Flechtheim by Hanns Bolz.

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  1. ↑ Matthias Forschelen: Hanns Bolz (1885–1918): ein Künstler zwischen Expressionismus und Kubismus: Bild- und Text-Dokumentation zu Leben und Werk. Aachen 1985
  2. ↑ Annette Gautherie-Kampka - Les Allemands du Dôme: la colonie allemande de Montparnasse dans ... 1995 -- Page 382 "HANNS BOLZ Hanns Bolz naît à Aix-La-Chapelle le 22 janvier 1885. Il fait sa scolarité à Cologne, où sa famille s'installe en 1895. On ignore les détails de sa formation artistique, au cours de laquelle il a probablement fréquenté l'Académie ..."