Hans Uhlmann was born in 1900 in Berlin. After studying mechanical engineering, from 1926 to 1933 he was assistant to Max Kloß at the University of Applied Sciences in Berlin. In 1933 he was arrested for distributing anti-fascist flyers. After his release, his art was condemned as “degenerate”. In 1950 he received the Berlin Art Prize – Jubilee Foundation 1848/1948 and later took part several times in documenta. From 1950 to 1968 he taught as a professor at the University of the Fine Arts in West Berlin. In 1975 Uhlmann died in Berlin.