Conrad Hommel was best known for his portraits of leading German entrepreneurs such as Max Grundig, Herbert Quandt, and politicians such as Adolf Hitler, Hermann Goring and Paul von Hindenburg.
12 Facts About Conrad Hommel
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Conrad Hommel's sister married Albert Friedrich Speer and would be the mother of architect Albert Speer.
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Conrad Hommel married Carolina Schultheiss, divorced of the painter Georg Schuster Woldan, in 1908.
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Conrad Hommel became stepfather to her daughter, Eva van Hoboken, who took the name Eva Hommel.
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In 1908, Conrad Hommel studied in the studio of the French academic painter Jean-Paul Laurens in Paris.
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Conrad Hommel returned to Germany the following year, joining the Munich Academy on 19 October 1909, where he studied painting with Hugo von Habermann, a leading name of the Munich Secession.
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Conrad Hommel became a member and later president of the Munich Secession.
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Conrad Hommel was represented several times at the Great German Art Exhibitions that took place at the House of German Art, in Munich.
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Conrad Hommel continued to be in favour of the leading names of the Nazi Germany, being commissioned two portraits of Adolf Hitler, in 1939 and 1940, including the famous The Fuhrer at the Battlefield, which was massively reproduced.
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Conrad Hommel portrayed Heinrich Himmler and Hermann Goring in a hunter outfit.
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Conrad Hommel continued his career the following years, and did portraits of several economic leaders of the Federal Republic of Germany.
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Conrad Hommel died on 11 November 1971, in the Sielbeck district of Eutin, Germany.