Hans
Niklaus

painter, draftsman

born Halle an der Saale, 1934

died Nürnberg, 2013

Apprenticeship as a lithographer at the age of 14

 

1954 penniless in the Federal Republic of Germany

 

from 1955 permanently in Nuremberg

 

1966 Marriage to Jo Niklaus / see: Jo Niklaus

 

works as an intaglio retoucher until 1991, then freelances

 

1956 -1964 pupil of Dürer prize winner Georg Weidenbacher

 

painted constantly alongside his profession

 

2009 included in the encyclopaedia of "Fantastic Artists" (Prof. Gerhard Habarta)

 

Since 15 January 2011 with the painting "Rabus" in the PHANTASTENMUSEUM WIEN.

 

2015 Sunday speeches - on exhibitions and about artists (Prof. Gerhard Habarta).

 

2021 Mention in KUNSTHERZ (Prof. Gerhard Habarta)

     

 

Exhibitions and participations at home and abroad, among others:

 

2007 Old Town Museum - Fembo House, Nuremberg

 

2011 Palais Palffy, Vienna

 

2013 Trierenber Art, Traun, Austria

 

2016 Natural History Museum Nuremberg E

 

Works with painted conchylia (snails) in harmony with specimens in V showcases from the "Conchyliensammlung Hans Niklaus".

 

2016 Kunsthaus-Reitbahn, Ansbach

 

2017 City Theatre Fürth

 

2017 Kulturscheune / Friends of the Old Town, Nuremberg

 

2018 Schwabach Municipal Gallery E

Style:

Period: 21st c., 20th c.