The painter Hans Purrmann 18801966 ranks among the most important colourists of twentieth entury art. Drawing on Henri Matisse and the expressionists he developed a distinct and acclaimed artistic practice over the course of a life lived in places from Munich to Paris to Berlin to Florence to Switzerland. Part of the secret of Hans Purrmanns art is that in his work he translated the visible in a very specific and vibrant manner. With irrepressible curiosity attentiveness and an unerring eye fo