In 1888 his friend Adolf Hölzel moved to the village of Dachau, Germany, and Langhammer began spending time there as well.
[1] In 1898, the new colony achieved national recognition when Hölzel, Dill, and Langhammer mounted a joint exhibition in Berlin under the title "The Dachauer".
Langhammer specialized in idealized rural genre paintings of people working in the fields or at home.
[3] He painted in an Impressionist style with vigorous brushwork and a rich color palette.
[3] He showed with the Munich Secession,[3] and his work is now held by museums and galleries in Dachau, Lützen and elsewhere.