Ferdinand Osten (painter)

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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

Commemorative plaque for the fallen soldiers of Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 73

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 .

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Individual evidence

  1. Letter O , website portal in the letter-foundation .com , accessed on July 13, 2019
  2. ^ Museum Kunstpalast : Artists from the Düsseldorf School of Painting (selection, as of November 2016, PDF )