Wilhelm von Hanno worked at a period when the terms of art itself were being renegotiated.
The record lists Wilhelm von Hanno as Architect, painter and sculptor (1826-1882).
Wilhelm von Hanno was born at Hamburg in 1826. His recorded nationality is Hamburg.
The nineteenth century broke the academy's authority: independent exhibitions, dealers and the beginnings of modernism.
He worked as architect, sculptor and painter.
Among his best-known works are Grønland Church and Post horns on stamps. An artist's reputation moves with taste, but the work stays exactly where it was left.
That the work was made in Hamburg shaped it: artistic traditions, academies and the galleries that decide what is seen have never been evenly distributed.
Wilhelm von Hanno died in 1882, aged 56. The work remains, hanging in collections that outlived both the artist and the market that first priced it.
Achievements
- Notable work: Grønland Church
- Notable work: Post horns on stamps
