Hanns Georgi

Hanns Georgi (21 September 1901 – 23 October 1989) was a German painter, printmaker and book illustrator.

During his training he met his mentor, the painter Osmar Schindler, who had him working in his studio, recommending that Georgi study art.

From 1926 to 1931, while exhibiting, Georgi continued to further his studies as a teacher at the University of Leipzig in history, philosophy and pedagogy.

[1] From March 1931 until spring 1933, Georgi became a research assistant at the Pedagogical Institute of the Dresden University of Technology.

On 25 August 1939 Georgi was drafted for part of the German invasion of Poland, then later for the French campaign.

From 1945, after his dismissal from the teaching profession, Georgi worked as a freelance painter and graphic artist.

In July 1948 the gallery in Henning Hall showed the first comprehensive exhibition of Georgi's oil paintings, watercolors and drawings.