Hans Meid
The Life and Artistic Practice of Hans Meid Born in Pforzheim, Germany, Hans Meid was a painter, university teacher, illustrator, printmaker, and graphic artist. His formal training began at the art academy in Karlsruhe, where he studied under Wilhelm Trübner and Walter Conz. Following a period as the head of the painting department at the Meissen porcelain manufactory, he moved to Berlin, where he established himself as a visual artist. His professional standing was marked by his admission to the Berlin Secession and his receipt of the Villa Romana Prize, which allowed him to spend six month…
The Subject Atlas
A chart of Hans Meid's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Spokes — Subject
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Rings — Career Period
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Threads — Shared Context
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.