Fröhlich, Otto |
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BORN 15 Mar 1869, Schleiz, Thüringen - DIED 29 Dec 1940, Weimar, Thüringen BIRTH NAME Fröhlich, Robert Heinrich Otto GRAVE LOCATION Weimar, Thüringen: Historischer Friedhof, Poseckscher Garten |
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Otto Friedrich studied art in Weimar from 1887 to 1895. His teachers were Leopold von Kalkreuth and Carl Frithjof Smith. After that he worked as a painter of landscapes and portraits. He exhibited in Berlin, Munich and Düsseldorf. In 1919 he was engaged as a professor at the Bauhaus in Weimar, but after conflicts he withdrew early in 1920 from his position and returned to freelance painting. He was a friend of Max Beckmann and Rudolf Steiner, whose portrait he painted in 1892. He died in Weimar in 1940. |
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 The grave of Otto Fröhlich at the Historischer Friedhof, Weimar. Picture by Androom (13 Aug 2020) |
Sources • Otto Fröhlich (Maler - Wikipedia (DE) |
