Hans Marsilius Purrmann (10 April 1880 – 17 April 1966) was a German artist. He was born in Speyer where he also grew up. He completed an apprenticeship as a scene painter and interior decorator, and subsequently studied in Karlsruhe and Munich before going to Paris in 1906. It was here he became a student and later a friend of Henri Matisse whom he set up a painting school with.^[1][2] After 1916, Purrmann lived in Berlin and Langenargen (Lake Constance), moving from there in 1935 to run the German art foundation at the Villa Romana in Florence.^[3] He lived there until 1943, then in Montagnola (Switzerland).^[4] He died in Basel.^[5] Typical of Purrmann's style are colourful, sensitively painted landscapes, still lifes and portraits. There are large collections of his works in Langenargen Museum and in the Purrmann House, Speyer.

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  Seated nude, 1909
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  Nude in front of a mirror, 1919

• "Leben – Hans-Purrmann-Archiv". Hans-Purrmann-Archiv (in German). 18 November 2024. Retrieved 31 December 2024.

• Wagner, Christoph (2016). Neue Wege zu Hans Purrmann (in German). Berlin: Gebruder Mann Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7861-2776-5.
• "Hans Purrmann: Ein Leben in Farbe – Kunstforum Hermann Stenner". Kunstforum Hermann Stenner (in German). 9 September 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
• "Hans Purrmann in der Sammlung LBBW". LBBW Webspace (in German). 4 September 2024. Retrieved 31 December 2024.

• Official website (Hans Purrmann Archive) (in German)
• "Home". HPG-Speyer – Hans-Purrmann-Gymnasium Speyer (in German). 22 December 2024. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
• "Purrmann-Haus". Stadt Speyer (in German). Retrieved 31 December 2024.
• "Museum Langenargen". Museum Langenargen (in German). Retrieved 31 December 2024.