About Hermann Groeber
Lived 1865 – 1935 (aged 69). Hermann Groeber was a German painter and university teacher.
oil painting by Hermann Groeber
Hermann Groeber (born 17 July 1865 in Wartenberg. Kingdom of Bavaria; died 24 June 1935 in Gstadt am Chiemsee) was a German painter who was known throughout Germany as a portraitist and landscape artist.
Biography Hermann Groeber gained early success as a self-employed painter. He joined the German Association of Artists, and after Ludwig Schmid-Reutte was appointed to Karlsruhe, Groeber took over his life drawing class, which soon enjoyed great popularity. In 1907 he became head of the nude class at the Munich Academy and was appointed full professor there in 1911.
In 1911 he received the Gold Medal at the exhibition in the Munich Glass Palace.
Students Thomas Baumgartner Walter Bud Marius Bunescu Arnold Fiechter Hermann Finsterlin Erwin Henning Leo Sebastian Humer Paul Kauzmann Paul Klee Hans Lembke Oswald Malura
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German painter (1865-1935)
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Hermann Groeber was born on 17 July 1865 in Wartenberg.
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Hermann Groeber died on 25 June 1935 in Gstadt am Chiemsee.
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Hermann Groeber was a painter and university teacher.
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Hermann Groeber was German.
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