Heinrich Knirr (1862 - 1944) - photo 1

Heinrich Knirr

Heinrich Knirr was a German painter of the late nineteenth and first half of the twentieth centuries. He is known for his genre scenes, portraits, landscapes and still lifes, and is most famous for the official portrait of Adolf Hitler, which he painted in 1937.

Knirr was a member of the Munich and Vienna Secession, as well as the German Artists' Association. He produced portraits, mostly of children, genre paintings, still lifes and landscapes. Knirr was a sought-after painter during the National Socialist era; he painted official portraits of the leaders of the Third Reich, for which he was nicknamed the "court painter".

Date and place of birt:2 september 1862, Pančevo, Austrian Empire (1804-1867)
Date and place of death:26 may 1944, Staudach-Egerndach, Germany
Nationality:Germany, Serbia
Period of activity: XIX, XX century
Specialization:Artist, Genre painter, Landscape painter, Painter, Portraitist
Art school / group:Munich Secession, Vienna Secession
Genre:Genre art, Landscape painting, Portrait, Still life
Art style:Realism

Creators Germany

Jana Schröder (1983)
Jana Schröder
1983
Victor Heinrich Seifert (1870 - 1953)
Victor Heinrich Seifert
1870 - 1953
Johann Gotthard von Müller (1747 - 1830)
Johann Gotthard von Müller
1747 - 1830
Karl-Heinz Herzfeld (1931 - 2019)
Karl-Heinz Herzfeld
1931 - 2019
Arthur Köpcke (1928 - 1977)
Arthur Köpcke
1928 - 1977
Anton Nissen (1866 - 1934)
Anton Nissen
1866 - 1934
Gabriele Daube (1901 - 1988)
Gabriele Daube
1901 - 1988
Otto Dillmann (1857 - 1906)
Otto Dillmann
1857 - 1906
August Voigt-Fölger (1837 - 1918)
August Voigt-Fölger
1837 - 1918
Louis Busmann (1944 - 2014)
Louis Busmann
1944 - 2014
Wilhelm Lindenschmit I (1806 - 1848)
Wilhelm Lindenschmit I
1806 - 1848
Otto Grashof (1812 - 1876)
Otto Grashof
1812 - 1876
Marie Hager (1872 - 1947)
Marie Hager
1872 - 1947
Karoline Wittmann (1913 - 1978)
Karoline Wittmann
1913 - 1978
Ellen Auerbach (1906 - 2004)
Ellen Auerbach
1906 - 2004
Karl Blossfeldt (1865 - 1932)
Karl Blossfeldt
1865 - 1932

Creators Realism

Girolamo Pieri Nerli (1860 - 1926)
Girolamo Pieri Nerli
1860 - 1926
Ilya Jefimovitsch Repin (1844 - 1930)
Ilya Jefimovitsch Repin
1844 - 1930
Willem Cornelisz Duyster (1599 - 1635)
Willem Cornelisz Duyster
1599 - 1635
Carlo Ignazio Pozzi (1786 - 1842)
Carlo Ignazio Pozzi
1786 - 1842
Karl Reichert (1836 - 1918)
Karl Reichert
1836 - 1918
Nicolae Vermont (1866 - 1932)
Nicolae Vermont
1866 - 1932
Ivan Ivanovich Riznich (1908 - 1998)
Ivan Ivanovich Riznich
1908 - 1998
Ruth Hollick (1883 - 1977)
Ruth Hollick
1883 - 1977
Gaetano de Martini (1840 - 1917)
Gaetano de Martini
1840 - 1917
Hendrik Reekers (1815 - 1854)
Hendrik Reekers
1815 - 1854
Louis Auguste Georges Loustaunau (1846 - 1898)
Louis Auguste Georges Loustaunau
1846 - 1898
William Michael Harnett (1848 - 1892)
William Michael Harnett
1848 - 1892
Norbert Goeneutte (1854 - 1894)
Norbert Goeneutte
1854 - 1894
Rudolf Hirth du Frênes (1846 - 1916)
Rudolf Hirth du Frênes
1846 - 1916
Aleksandr Ivanovich Savinov (1881 - 1942)
Aleksandr Ivanovich Savinov
1881 - 1942
Gaetano Fasanotti (1831 - 1882)
Gaetano Fasanotti
1831 - 1882
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