Hann Trier

Hann Trier (1 August 1915 in Düsseldorf – 14 June 1999 in Castiglione della Pescaia in Tuscany) was a German artist, best known for his giant ceiling painting in the Charlottenburg Palace.

[1] He was married to a sociologist Renata Mayntz and was the elder brother of an art historian Eduard Trier.

During the Second World War he served in the Wehrmacht, from 1941 until 1944 as a technical artist in Berlin.

At the end of the war he returned to painting, setting up his studio in Burg, not far from Bonn.

[2] The Group organised discussions, exhibitions, events and concerts between 1947 and 1950 in Alfter Castle.