Hanns Bolz

Hanns Bolz (22 January 1885, in Aachen – 4 July 1918, in Munich) was a German painter, illustrator and sculptor.

He then spent three years in Paris, where he rented a studio in Montmartre that had previously been occupied by Pablo Picasso.

He became an habitué of Le Dôme Café, where he became acquainted with Hans Purrmann, Rudolf Levy and, most importantly, Alfred Flechtheim, who would serve as his agent for the rest of his brief career.

From that time on, he concentrated on sculpting, as the tactile element compensated for his lost vision to some extent.

Later, he returned to Munich, but became ill and had to be admitted to a hospital where he died of complications from his war injuries.