August Hermann Knoop attended the Munich Art Academy from 1876 to 1880.
On October 9th in 1877 he was enrolled in the Antikenclass and between 1886-1888 he went to Paris to the studio of Fernand Cormon, whose private art school at that time attracted talented young painters.
Subsequently, August Hermann Knoop settled in Munich, where he concentrated on motifs that were taken from the social life of noblemen of the 18th century (Neorokoko).
Another focal point Knoops were scenes with Landsknechts and nobles from the Renaissance. August Hermann Knoop hardly exhibited his works, but sold directly to private individuals and art collectors, but was represented at an exhibition of the Glaspalast in Munich and in the Great Berlin Art Exhibition.
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