Peter Koch wurde am 8. Oktober 1874 im Benjental bei Deidesheim geboren und verstarb am 10. August 1956 in Gimmeldingen. Er war ein deutscher Maler, der besonders f\u00fcr seine fig\u00fcrlichen Werke und sp\u00e4teren Landschaftsgem\u00e4lde bekannt war.<\/p>\n
Sein Geburtshaus war die “Obere M\u00fchle” im Benjental, wo sein Vater als Wappenschmied arbeitete. Nach dem Besuch einer Malschule studierte er an der Akademie der Bildenden K\u00fcnste in M\u00fcnchen, wo er unter anderem bei den Professoren Gabriel von Hackl und Carl von Marr lernte.<\/p>\n
Nach einer Weiterbildung bei Heinrich von Z\u00fcgel arbeitete Koch in verschiedenen deutschen St\u00e4dten sowie in der Schweiz. Seine Bekanntheit wuchs durch Ausstellungen in M\u00fcnchen (1908), der Berliner Secession (1911\/12), Basel (1912) und Mannheim (1913). Im Juni 1914 verlie\u00df er Deutschland und verbrachte acht Jahre in den USA, wo er sich der Society of Independent Artists anschloss.<\/p>\n
1922 kehrte Koch nach Deutschland zur\u00fcck und lie\u00df sich in Gimmeldingen nieder, wo er auch als B\u00fcrgermeister t\u00e4tig war und 1954 zum Ehrenb\u00fcrger ernannt wurde. Seine fr\u00fchen Arbeiten konzentrierten sich haupts\u00e4chlich auf fig\u00fcrliche Darstellungen, w\u00e4hrend er sp\u00e4ter vermehrt Landschaften malte.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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