Hans Freiherr von Geyer zu Lauf

Visual Artist

1895 – 1959

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Who was Hans Freiherr von Geyer zu Lauf?

Hans Freiherr von Geyer zu Lauf was a German painter who was born in Freiburg and grew up in the suburb Günterstal. In 1917 he moved to Dießen am Ammersee and in 1919 to Schönberg on the Hessische Bergstraße. From 1940 he lived again in Freiburg, this time in a studio apartment which was destroyed during the air raid on Freiburg in 1944 whereupon he returned to the Bergstraße. In 1945, after the end of the war, he moved to Emmendingen and finally in 1954 back to Freiburg where lived until his death in a car accident in 1959.

The panel painting "A Cosmic Song" is the main work of the painter.

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Born
Jan 1, 1895
Freiburg im Breisgau
Nationality
  • Germany
Died
Aug 10, 1959

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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