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'''Hermann Drück''' (21 May 1856 in [[Vaihingen an der Enz]] -– 24 March 1931 in [[Neckartailfingen]]) was a German painter. He was among the "Schwäbischen Impressionisten".<ref>[http://books.google.de/books?id=SmtHAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Hermann+Dr%C3%BCck%22&dq=%22Hermann+Dr%C3%BCck%22&hl=de&sa=X&ei=tVztUOnZEMPNtAaJsIGQAQ&ved=0CGcQ6AEwCw Weltkunst, vol. 56, 1986]</ref>

== Life ==
Drück was born as the son of the Vaihingen [[Schultheiss]] Julius Drück and his wife Anna Maria Kocher. He first learned the trade of a [[merchant]] and from 1875 attended the [[State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart]] for four years with various teachers.<ref>[http://books.google.de/books?id=xHRmAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Hermann+Dr%C3%BCck%22&dq=%22Hermann+Dr%C3%BCck%22&hl=de&sa=X&ei=tVztUOnZEMPNtAaJsIGQAQ&ved=0CGsQ6AEwDA ''Lebensbilder aus Schwaben und Franken, Band 7'', Kommission für Geschichtliche Landeskunde in Baden-Württemberg, W. Kohlhammer Verlag, 1960]</ref> His artistic path led him via the "artists' colony Polling" on [[Ammersee]] to [[Dachau]],<ref>[http://books.google.de/books?id=cgJJAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Hermann+Dr%C3%BCck%22&dq=%22Hermann+Dr%C3%BCck%22&hl=de&sa=X&ei=tVztUOnZEMPNtAaJsIGQAQ&ved=0CIsBEOgBMBM Julius Baum: ''Die Stuttgarter Kunst der Gegenwart'', 1913, page 126]</ref> where he was strongly influenced by the Neu-Dachau school around [[Adolf Hölzel]] and [[Ludwig Dill]].

Already at this time, Drück was an esteemed artist and belonged to the group of the most famous [[Württemberg]] [[landscape]] painters such as [[Karl Schickhardt]] and - in 1913 - to the ''illustrious circle of art judges of the Württemberg Art Association''. In 1904/05, he belonged to the committee of the Stuttgart Art Cooperative.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=aPRZAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Hermann+Dr%C3%BCck%22&dq=%22Hermann+Dr%C3%BCck%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=tVztUOnZEMPNtAaJsIGQAQ&ved=0CFgQ6AEwBw ''Die Kunst für Alle. ...'', Vol. 19, 1904]</ref> Drück later also turned to history and genre painting. On 24 March 1931, he died shortly before reaching the age of 75.

== References ==
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== Further reading ==
* Helmut Zagermann: [https://www.worldcat.org/title/hermann-druck-ein-schwabischer-impressionist-gedachtnisausstellung-18-20-mai-1990-in-der-kelter-neckartailfingen/oclc/314890496&referer=brief_results ''Hermann Drück, ein schwäbischer Impressionist: Gedächtnisausstellung 18. – 20. Mai 1990''], 1990
* Cornelia Matz: ''Stuttgart im Blick: eine Ausstellung des Stadtarchivs Stuttgart'', 2002, {{ISBN|3-89850-976-1}}

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