Heinrich knirr wikipedia
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Heinrich Knirr (2 September – 26 May ) was an Austrian Empire-born German painter, known for his genre scenes and portraits, although he also did..
Heinrich Knirr
German painter (1862–1944)
Heinrich Knirr (2 September 1862 – 26 May 1944) was an Austrian Empire-born German painter, known for his genre scenes and portraits, although he also did landscapes and still-lifes.
He is best known for creating the official portrait of Adolf Hitler for 1937 and is the only artist known to have painted Hitler in person.[1]
Biography
He was born in Pantschowa (in modern-day Serbia).
He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, with Christian Griepenkerl and Carl Wurzinger, then attended the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, where he took lessons from Gabriel von Hackl and Ludwig Löfftz.[2]
In 1888 he founded a private painting school in Munich, which was very popular throughout Europe.[3] He remained in Munich and opened a private art school there in 1888.
Heinrich Knirr, –, Yugoslavian, German, Der Führer (–), Image credit: IWM (Imperial War Museums).Eventually, his school gained a good reputation throughout Europe. From 1898 to 1910, he also taught at the Munich Academy. He was also a member o