Otto Almstadt
Otto Almstadt (* 1940 in Hildesheim ) is a German sculptor .
Life
He studied at the Werkkunstschule Hannover . Then he was a master student of Emil Cimiotti . From 1980 to 2003 he was a professor at the HAWK .
His areas of work are plastic, sculpture and drawing.
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Sculpture at Hanover Zoo
For a while he was a member of the Kontakt-Kunst group, to which Hans-Oiseau Kalkmann also belonged. In 1976, together with Moritz Bormann, he was the editor of the book "Seven Weeks of Contact Art in the Bremerhaven City Park, Lehe". He also formed the sculpture for the civil courage prize of the city of Hildesheim . Some works have already been stolen. Today he lives in Wallenstedt, municipality of Rheden . In August 2015 he exhibited works at the Kunsthaus Einbeck.
Web links
Commons : Otto Almstadt - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Culture in the Hildesheim region on kulturium.de
- The civil courage price for Hildesheim heroines and heroes on hildesheimer-allgemeine.de, accessed on August 10, 2015
Individual evidence
- ↑ The story of the “heads of vigilance” on casimorow.de from November 29, 2011, accessed on August 10, 2015
- ^ "Eins + Eins": Kunsthaus shows for the first time an exhibition by Otto Almstadt in the Einbecker Morgenpost on July 22, 2015, accessed on August 10, 2015
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SURNAME | Almstadt, Otto |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German artist |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1940 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Hildesheim |