Friedrich Wilhelm Otte (painter)

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Otte: Cathedral in Viborg
An impression of the watercolor of the Südermarkt in Flensburg around 1830.

Friedrich Wilhelm Otte (* 1795 in Uelzen ; † January 26, 1861 in Flensburg ) was a German painter.

Life

Otte worked as a vedout painter , at times he was in Stockholm as a drawing teacher for Princes Oskar and Leopold of Sweden. Otherwise he worked in Flensburg and the surrounding area from the 1830s. He created a 4 meter long view of the city of Flensburg for the Danish library in Flensburg as a watercolor. In addition, views of other cities such as Lübeck and Rostock . His cityscapes are today also of architectural historical importance.

literature

  • The old cityscape of Rostock (catalog), Rostock 1930
  • Thieme-Becker : General Lexicon of Fine Artists , Volume 26, Leipzig 1932, p. 87;
  • Weilbach's artist lexicon , 4th edition Biography in Danish
  • Gustav Lindke: Old Lübeck City Views , Lübeck 1968, p. 104

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personal data
SURNAME Otte, Friedrich Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1795
PLACE OF BIRTH Uelzen
DATE OF DEATH January 26, 1861
Place of death Flensburg