About the Artist Paul Kuhfuss

Paul Kuhfuss (1883–1960) is one of the independent Berlin painters of the first half of the 20th century. His richly coloured œuvre comprises landscapes, city views and still lifes, painted with a spontaneous stroke and a keen sense of colour contrast. Trained at the Royal Art School Berlin under Philipp Franck and in the landscape class of the Berlin Academy, Kuhfuss worked as an art teacher from 1907 and lived in Pankow from 1910. From 1912 he took part in numerous exhibitions, including the Great Berlin Art Exhibition, the Free Secession under Max Liebermann and the Berlin Secession under Lovis Corinth. In 1960, the year of his death, he was honoured as a prize winner of the Great Berlin Art Exhibition.