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type: entity
title: Theodor Hagen
tags: [artist, landscape-painting, teacher]
related: [artist-colony-schwaan]
created: 2026-07-13
updated: 2026-07-13
sources: ["output_cdfi/cdfi_uni_greifswald_de_kunstgeschichte_forschung_forschungsprojekte_lehrstuhl_pr.md"]
---

# Theodor Hagen

**Theodor Hagen** was a prominent 19th-century German landscape painter and an influential teacher at the Weimar painting school.

## Influence on Art Education
Hagen served as a key mentor for several artists who would later form the [[artist-colony-schwaan]], including:
- Franz Bunke
- Rudolf Bartels
- Peter Paul Draewing
- Alfred Heinsohn

## Research Focus
Current research led by Dr. Jana Olschewski aims to fill significant gaps in the scholarly understanding of Hagen's work, focusing on his role in the transition from mimetically copying nature to capturing individual impressions, which paved the way for Modernism.
