Heinrich Otto (painter)

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Self-portrait of the artist based on the original woodcut
Fixed in the paint box , wood engraving around 1890
Willingshausen painter's colony, photo from 1913; From left to right: Heinrich Giebel , Marlies Dörr, Hermann Kätelhön , Hermann Metz , Wilhelm Thielmann , Adolf Lins , Heinrich Otto, Carl Bantzer

Heinrich Otto (born July 6, 1858 in Wernswig near Homberg an der Efze, † May 13, 1923 in Düsseldorf ) was a German painter , draftsman , lithographer , wood cutter and etcher . Along with Ludwig Emil Grimm and Hans Thoma, he is one of the most important illustrators of Romanticism .

Life

For centuries, rural life in North Hesse determined the everyday life of the Otto family. In the first half of the 17th century, part of the von Rockshausen family moved to Wernswig , where they mainly earned their living as day laborers and farmers . Heinrich's father Johannes (1828–1889) worked as a farmer and fruit dealer. In this framework, Heinrich was born on July 6, 1858 as the second child, after his brother Konrad (1857–1911) and before his sister Katharina, by Anna Gertrude (née Scheibeler) and Johannes Otto.

Heinrich Otto was a member of the Schwalm Willingshausen painters' colony , which he attended as a student at the Kassel academy in 1881. At the age of 14 he began an apprenticeship as a sculptor with Joseph Grassegger and then with Heinrich Echtermeyer (1802–1876) in Kassel. In 1878 he was accepted into the sculpting class of Hans Carl Jacob Ludwig Hassenpflug (1824–1890). The young artist then spent two years at the Kassel Academy (now the Kassel Art College ) with Louis Kolitz and Carl Wünenberg .

He moved to Düsseldorf in 1889 and lived across from the art academy in the Eiskellerberg . In Düsseldorf he developed close contact with the artists' association “ Malkasten ” and with the Willingshausen painters who were already known to him. From 1898 to 1902 he was director of the paint box . This was followed by stays and study trips to Willingshausen, the Lower Rhine and the Eifel . During this time numerous landscape and genre representations were created in oil . In 1901 Heinrich Otto received the Golden State Medal in Dresden for his lithograph Mondnacht . Since then he has been considered one of the most important German draftsmen and etchers. As a result, his graphics found increasing acceptance in private collections and in many German state copper engraving collections . In 1903 he worked as a painting and drawing teacher for young women in Düsseldorf, where he also taught Henriette Schmidt-Bonn . In the meantime he also lived again and again in Wernswig and Willingshausen. The magazine Die Rheinlande , edited by Wilhelm Schäfer, published images of his work in its first year. In 1904 Wilhelm Schäfer brought out the portfolios of stone drawings by German painters , each of which contained four lithographs by Otto.

During the First World War, Otto took over the farm for his nephew who had been drafted into the war in Wernswig, as his brother had died in an accident in 1911. He had his permanent residence in this place and regularly took part in the artistic exchange meetings of the Willingshausen painters in the Willingshausen painters' room . In Hesse itself he became known nationwide after he had helped design the Hessenkunst calendar of 1920 with a large number of drawings and etchings.

In Willingshausen, and preferably in Wernswig , he tirelessly painted, drew and etched landscapes and depictions of harvests .

Heinrich Otto harvest scene in Wernswig

Particularly noteworthy are his outstanding work as a draftsman and eraser from this period. His last trip took him to Düsseldorf, where he had meanwhile been appointed art professor at the Düsseldorf Art Academy . Heinrich Otto died there on May 13, 1923 at the age of almost 65 as a result of pneumonia .

Heinrich Otto was a member of the German Association of Artists .

student

Exhibitions

  • Special exhibition painter Heinrich Otto. Graphics, etching, oil painting. April 30 - May 31, 1978, Homberg Local History Museum (Efze) .
  • Sales exhibition from April 29 - May 20, 1983 in the counter hall of the Stadtsparkasse Homberg in association with the Kassel art gallery
  • Special exhibition painter Heinrich Otto, April 30 - May 31, 1978, Heimatmuseum Homberg (Efze)
  • Painter and etcher Heinrich Otto, April 30 - May 22, 1983, Heimatmuseum Homberg (Efze)
  • Heinrich Otto and the Willingshausen painters' colony , 2005, Kleinsassen art station

Works

literature

  • Carl Bantzer : Hessen in German painting. Elwert, Marburg, 1979, pp. 43-44
  • Scourge, Helmut; Stummann-Bowert, Ruth: Heinrich Otto . Association of Malerstübchen Willingshausen eV, 1997, 36 pp.
  • Andreas Bantzer: Carl Bantzer, a life in letters. Willingshausen, 1998.
  • Carl Bantzer : Heinrich Otto. Single sheet o. D.
  • Carl Bantzer : Hessen in German painting. Marburg, 1936.
  • Carl Bantzer : "Heinrich Otto". In: Christian Rauch (ed.), Hessenkunst, Marburg, 1920, p. 49. Abel Becker, Geschichte des Kirchspiels Wernswig, Kassel, 1936.
  • Becker, Thieme (ed.): "Heinrich Otto." In: General Lexicon of Fine Arts, Leipzig, 1932.
  • Oskar Breiding: Heinrich Otto. Single sheet for a portfolio with etchings, 1983.
  • Ernst Hager: The painter's eraser Heinrich Otto , Düsseldorf, 1923.
  • Erich Kaiser: The painter Heinrich Otto. Single sheet for the special exhibition in the Homberger Heimatmuseum, 1983.
  • Dr. Konrad Otto: "Otto II., From Rockshausen in Hessen-Kassel." In: Dr. Bernhard Koerner (ed.), German Gender Book, Volume 66, Görlitz, 1929, p. 300 ff.
  • Wilhelm Schäfer. "Heinrich Otto." In: Wilhelm Schäfer (ed.), Die Rheinlande, 8th year, issue 4, April 1908, pp. 89–90.
  • Henriette Schmidt-Bonn : "Heinrich Otto." In: Dr. J. Schnack (ed.), Pictures of Life from Kurhessen and Waldeck, Vol. 2, Marburg, 1940.
  • Rainer Zimmermann: "Heinrich Otto - Painter and Etcher". In: Hessische Heimat, 9th year, 1959/60, Issue 1, pp. 16-18.
  • Willingshäuser booklet 6: Heinrich Otto. Willingshausen, 1997.

Newspaper articles

  • Paul Heidelbach: "To Heinrich Otto's departure." In: Kassler Post, 14th year, no. 134, May 17, 1923.
  • "Memorial exhibition in Homberg - On the 100th birthday of Heinrich Otto, Wernswig." In: Homberger Kreisblatt, June 30, 1958.
  • "Wernswig's big son was honored - Heinrich Otto exhibition opened in the school." In: Homberger Kreisblatt, July 7, 1958.
  • "Great success for Heinrich Otto exhibition - extended until the city festival." In: Homberger Anzeiger, May 18, 1983.
  • "... walked through the quiet streets of our city - Heinrich Otto exhibition from April 30th in Homberg, picture portfolio with etchings published." In: Fritzlar-Homberger Allgemeine, March 26th 1983.
  • "Heinrich Otto: This time exhibition - at the end of April for the 125th birthday of the Homberg painter and etcher" and "Medal commemorates H. Otto - exhibition from April 30th." In: Fritzlar-Homberger Allgemeine, April 1983.
  • “Hardly ever again in this breadth - Heinrich Otto: Two exhibitions.” In: Fritzlar-Homberger Allgemeine, May 2, 1983.
  • “Willingshausen artist colony - picturesque Schwalmdorf attracted the romantics.” In: HNA, August 28, 1994.
  • "Heinrich Otto memorial plaque - where the local painter lived." In: HNA, June 19, 1997.

Exhibition and sales catalogs

  • Special exhibition painter Heinrich Otto. Graphics, etching, oil painting. April 30 - May 31, 1978, Homberg (Efze) local history museum in the former wedding house. Homberg, Efze (self-published), 1978, 6 sheets.
  • History Association Homberg, Efze (ed.): Heinrich Otto art portfolio , paintings, drawings and graphics, sales exhibition from April 29 to May 20, 1983 in the counter hall of the Stadtsparkasse Homberg in association with the Kassel art cabinet. Olten & Wiegand, Homberg, 1983, 8 sheets.
  • City Art Collection Kassel. Artists in Hessen, issue 12, 1965.
  • Heimatmuseum Homberg, special exhibition painter Heinrich Otto, April 30–31. May 1978.
  • Homberg local history museum, painter and etcher Heinrich Otto, April 30 - May 22, 1983.
  • Paul Schmaling, Heinrich Otto, with prizes, April 29 - May 20, 1983.

Web links

Commons : Heinrich Otto (painter)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See Konrad Otto, "Otto II., From Rockshausen in Hessen-Kassel", p. 300ff. in: Dr. Bernhard Koerner (Ed.), German Gender Book , Volume 66, Görlitz, 1929.
  2. ↑ Carl Bantzer speaks of 15 years. See Carl Bantzer, Hessen in der Deutschen Demokratie , Marburg, 1979, p. 44.
  3. ↑ See Willingshäuser Hefte 6: Heinrich Otto , Willingshausen, 1997.
  4. ↑ kuenstlerbund.de: Full members of the Deutscher Künstlerbund since it was founded in 1903 / Otto, Heinrich ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed December 4, 2015)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kuenstlerbund.de
personal data
SURNAME Otto, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter, draftsman, lithographer, wood cutter and eraser
DATE OF BIRTH July 6, 1858
PLACE OF BIRTH Wernswig
DATE OF DEATH May 13, 1923
Place of death Dusseldorf