Helmut Otto (artist)
Helmut Richard Otto (born August 27, 1937 in Nordhausen ; † January 21, 2012 ) was a German painter and university professor.
Life
Helmut Otto studied at the Berlin University of the Arts with Werner Volkert from 1959 to 1964 and became a high school teacher. From 1969 to 1980 he worked at the University of Education in Berlin and was then appointed to the University of the Arts, where he taught painting and drawing until 2002. Otto was a member of the group "Lügensieb" and exhibited in the Taube Gallery in Berlin and in the H. Freiberg Gallery in Braunschweig.
He found his final resting place in the south-west cemetery in Stahnsdorf .
Exhibitions
- Helmut Otto: Pictures from the old and the new world; Watercolors 1995-1997; October 17 - November 29, 1997 . Gallery Taube, Berlin, 1997
literature
- Elisabeth Störmer-Hemmelgarn : Lügensieb 1977-1984, a Berlin artist group and their 15-year history , Galerie Taube, Berlin 1984
Web links
- Literature by and about Helmut Otto in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Advertisement by the UdK Berlin in Tagesspiegel , February 5, 2012, p. 14
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Otto, Helmut |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Otto, Helmut Richard (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 27, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nordhausen |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 21, 2012 |