The Life and Art of Hermann Stockmann Hermann Stockmann was a German painter, printmaker, and illustrator. Born in Passau, Germany, he moved to Munich at the age of fourteen to attend a real school. He studied at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts under instructors such as Gabriel Hackl, Johann Caspar Herterich, and Wilhelm von Diez. His talent for drawing landscapes, architecture, and figures from memory was recognized and encouraged by…