Paul Hoecker

* 1854, Oberlangenau / Schlesien 1910, München

Biography

* 1854, Oberlangenau / Schlesien, 1910, München

Paul Hoecker was born in Oberlangenau in Silesia in 1854. He died in Munich in 1910. From 1874 to 1879 he studied at the Munich Academy under Wilhelm von Diez (1839-1907). In 1882 he went on study trips to Paris, Holland, Holstein and the German ports. His first public showing was at the Munich International Exhibition of 1883. He was appointed a professor at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts in 1891 at the early age of thirty-six. He was the first professor to encourage and promote plein-air painting, taking his students on outdoor excursions in the country in summer. He played a key role in the founding of the Munich Secession in 1892. A campaign of innuendo against him in 1897 obliged him to resign his Academy post. He moved to Italy for four years but returned to Munich in 1901.

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