Hans Looschen

His father, Hermann Looschen (1838-1891), was a porcelain painter at the Royal Porcelain Factory, Berlin. After graduating from a gymnasium in Charlottenburg, he began studying at the Prussian Academy of Arts. His instructors there included Paul Thumann, Otto Knille, and Ernst Hildebrand.[1] His first exhibition took place at the academy in 1887. He became a lifetime member of the Verein Berliner Künstler (artists' association) in 1892.

In 1893, he began exhibiting regularly at the Große Berliner Kunstausstellung, and served a few terms as its president.[2] He was awarded a small gold medal there in 1908, and a large gold emdal in 1912. From 1899 to 1901, his works were presented at the Berlin Secession.

In 1908, he was also named a professor. Initially, he was a member of the Prussian State Art Commission.[3] Later, he worked with the "Preußischen künstlerischen Sachverständigenkammer" (roughly: chamber of art experts). In 1913, he was elected to the academy, and served in its Senate until his death.[2] The following year, he participated in the Venice Biennale. In 1916, he created a sensation when he visited the Halbmondlager, near Zossen, to paint six prisoners of war from North Africa.

He died in Berlin, at the age of sixty-three, from a heart attack.

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  Adoration of the Magi
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  Ballet Scene
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  Ancient Peruvian Grave Finds
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  Palace Ball
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  Woman Visiting the Museum

• Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin, Dominik Bartmann (Ed.): Gemälde II. Verzeichnis des Bestandes vom Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts bis 1945. Berlin 2004, pg.142 ISBN 3-910029-37-X
• Looschen, Hans, in: Detlef Lorenz: Reklamekunst um 1900. Künstlerlexikon für Sammelbilder. Berlin : Reimer, 2000 pg.133 ISBN 3-496-01220-X

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