At fourteen, Hans already knew he would pursue an artistic career. He became an apprentice in the decorative arts in his former East Germany. On the eve of the building of the Berlin Wall he left East Germany and immigrated to the US in 1962. Hans studied for his Masters of Fine Arts degree at the University of Hartford Art School in Connecticut and graduated in 1970. He was immediately hired to teach painting and drawing at Wesleyan University in Connecticut. During the 70’s, while teaching at Wesleyan University, his work was collected by several museums on the east coast. In 1978 Hans taught a graduate program at Wichita State University in Kansas. He stayed in Kansas for four years. He moved in 1982 to Oregon and began painting full time. Hans' abstract images contain very complex and un-orthodox methods of creation, several of which he has incorporated into his more representational art forms. No paint brushes are used in his acrylic on canvas based images, choosing to use unique tools to roll and press the pigment onto the canvas layer after layer. Hans is one of the truly unique and gifted artists today in the United States, and his paintings have been purchased for collections and shows all throughout North America.