Reinhold Rudolf Junghanns

Reinhold Rudolf Junghanns (1884–1967)

Reinhold Rudolf Junghanns was a German painter, etcher, lithographer, and sculptor who lived in Switzerland from the early 1920s. Born on September 29, 1884, in Zwickau, he was the son of a master builder. In 1908, he began studying at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich under the guidance of Angelo Jank.

Junghanns was deeply inspired by the personality of Emmy Hennings, leading him to create drawings and etchings that were published in 1914 under the title Variationen über ein weibliches Thema (Variations on a Female Theme) by Kurt Wolff in Munich.

In 1916, Junghanns spent time in the Engadin for a health retreat. He moved to Bern in 1922 and later settled in Zurich in 1930. His works were exhibited at the Kunsthaus Zurich in 1917 alongside notable artists such as Augusto Giacometti, Max Oppenheimer, Louise Cathérine Breslau, Gertrud Escher, Rosa Paul, Fritz Voellmy, Ulrich Wilhelm Züricher, and Charles Welti. Additionally, he participated in an exhibition at the Kunsthalle Bern in 1926, showcasing his work alongside Käthe Kollwitz, Dora Lauterburg, Karl Aegerter, Hans Brasch, Friedrich Traffelet, and Otto Séquin.