What is Hans Kloss?
[[File:Hans Kloss (painter).jpg|thumbnail|upright|Kloss in 2009]] '''Hans Kloss''' (12 July 1938 – 12 September 2018) was a German artist and [[graphic designer]]. He was best known for his large paintings combining medieval and modern styles. He was born in [[Oława|Ohlau]], [[Silesia]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.hans-kloss.de/hkleben.htm |title=Hans Kloss: Lebenslauf von Hans Kloss |publisher=www.hans-kloss.de|access-date=31 May 2017|language=de}}</ref> For his work, Kloss has received the ''Premio Internazionale Federichino'' of [[Iesi]], Italy in 2004; the [[:de:Staufermedaille|Staufermedaille]] of the state of Baden-Württemberg in 2005;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hans-kloss.de/texts/premio.htm|title= Auszeichnung durch internationale Stauferstiftung|publisher=www.hans-kloss.de|access-date=31 August 2013|language=de}}</ref> and the ''Irenen-Preis'' of the ''Freundeskreis Königin Irene Maria von Byzanz e.V.'' of [[Göppingen]] in 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hans-kloss.de/texts/irenenmedaille.htm |title= Hans Kloss erhält Irenenmedaille|publisher=www.hans-kloss.de|language=de|access-date=31 August 2013}}</ref> Kloss died on 12 September 2018 in [[Berlin]] from [[stomach cancer]] at the age of 80.<ref>[https://remszeitung.de/2018/9/14/gmuends-stadtmaler-hans-kloss-ist-verstorben/ Gmünds Stadtmaler Hans Kloss ist verstorben] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180914165656/https://remszeitung.de/2018/9/14/gmuends-stadtmaler-hans-kloss-ist-verstorben/ |date=2018-09-14 }} {{in lang|de}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *{{official website|http://www.hans-kloss.de/index.htm}} {{in lang|de}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kloss, Hans}} [[Category:1938 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from stomach cancer]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in Germany]] [[Category:German designers]]