Ferdinand Osten (painter)
Ferdinand Osten (born December 1, 1878 in Hanover ; † May 7, 1940 there ) was a German painter , illustrator and mosaic artist of the Düsseldorf School .
Life
East attended the Düsseldorf School of Applied Arts and the Düsseldorf Art Academy . At the academy he was a student of Peter Janssen the Elder , Eduard von Gebhardt and Claus Meyer . He also attended the Grand Ducal Saxon Art School in Weimar . As a resident artist, he lived and worked in Hanover. There he also worked as an illustrator, for example on writings for cinnabar festivals by Kurt Schwitters . At the Kestnerstraße elementary school in the southern part of Hanover there is a wall mosaic created from the east and unveiled in 1930 depicting a Roland . It commemorates the 3,529 fallen soldiers of Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 73 of the 19th Reserve Division of the German Army .
literature
- East, Ferdinand . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 26 : Olivier – Pieris . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1932, p. 76 .
Web links
- Ferdinand Osten , Auction Results on the Portal artnet .de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Letter O , website portal in the letter-foundation .com , accessed on July 13, 2019
- ^ Museum Kunstpalast : Artists from the Düsseldorf School of Painting (selection, as of November 2016, PDF )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | East, Ferdinand |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter, illustrator and mosaic artist of the Düsseldorf School |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 1, 1878 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hanover |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 7, 1940 |
| Place of death | Hanover |