Oskar Merté
Oskar Merté (born October 23, 1872 in Munich , † June 23, 1938 in Bad Aibling ) was a German painter , draftsman and illustrator .
Life
Oskar Merté was born in Munich during the early days of the German Empire as the son of the two painters Heinrich Merté (1838–1917) and Emilie Merté . From 1884 until April 29, 1891, he studied painting at the Royal Academy of Arts in Munich under Karl Raupp .
Oskar Merté worked for the " Fliegende Blätter " and the "Deutsche Kavalleriezeitung" for many years . He mainly dealt with battle and horse painting.
He became a student and employee of the battle painter Franz Alexejewitsch Roubaud , under whose direction Oskar Merté, Leopold Schönchen and Karl H. Frosch created the 115 meter long and 14 meter high battle panorama of Sevastopol from 1901 to 1904 .
Merté mostly illustrated books for young people with stories from the life of a soldier. Many of his works appeared in the form of postcards.
Illustrated works (selection)
- Adalbert Linsmayer: Der kleine Kanonier : Barbara-Verlag: Munich 1928
- August Wilhelm Otto Niemann : Helmut the patrol rider : Otto Spamer Verlag, Leipzig 1909
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Horst Ludwig (arrangement), Sonja Baranow et al. : Munich painters in the 19th and 20th centuries Century , Vol. 6: Landschreiber - Zintl , Munich: Bruckmann, 1994, ISBN 978-3-7654-1806-8 and ISBN 3-7654-1806-4 , p. 78; limited preview in Google Book search
- ↑ Compare the information in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Merté, Oscar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter, draftsman and illustrator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 23, 1872 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 23, 1938 |
| Place of death | Bad Aibling |