Otto Berg (church painter)

Mosaic "Sermon on the Mount" at the Brethren Church in Altenburg

Otto Berg (born December 10, 1861 in Bornhöved , † 1944 probably in Lübeck) was a Protestant church painter.

Life

Berg completed his studies at the Hamburg School of Applied Arts and the teaching institute of the Berlin Museum of Applied Arts . He painted many of the churches by the architect Johannes Otzen and turned to Art Nouveau after 1900 .

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Choir of the Georgenkirche with the mosaics and the painting by Otto Berg

1889–1892: Pauluskirche, Dessau (together with Wilhelm Döringer and Bruno Ehrich ), architect: Johannes Otzen
1891–1894: Luther Church , Apolda, architect: Johannes Otzen
1891–1894: Luther Church , Berlin (paintings were whitewashed) architect Johannes Otzen
1892–1894: Apostle Church and rectory, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, architect Johannes Otzen
1892–1894: Ringkirche , Wiesbaden (ornamental painting, figurative painting by Wilhelm Döringer and Bruno Ehrich ), architect Johannes Otzen
1893–1895: Friedenskirche , Hamburg-Altona (pictures on eastern octagonal slopes and the ornamental decoration together with Peters), architect Johannes Otzen
1894–1898: Georgenkirche , Berlin (mosaic and painting, church today demolished), architect: Johannes Otzen
1894–1898: Friedhofskirche , Elberfeld, architect: Johannes Otzen
1899–1901: Annenkirche, Elbing
1899–1902: Main Protestant Church, Rheydt , architect: Johannes Otzen
1901: Luther Church , Görlitz, architect: Arno Fritsche and Adolf Cornehls
1902–1905: Church of the Brothers in Altenburg (mosaic and painting), architect: Jürgen Kröger
1903: Monastery chapel, Heiligengrabe (restoration, painting)
1903: Jacobikirche (from 1886), Kiel (paintings renewed)
1904: St. Petrikirche (built 1883), Hamburg-Altona (new painting)
1904–1906: Maria Magdalenen Church, Marne
1905–1906: Friedenskirche, Mannheim
1906: Luther Church , Dortmund-Asseln, architect: Gustav Mucke
1907: Bugenhagenkirche , Stettin, architect: Jürgen Kröger
1909: St. Johanniskirche (built 1873), Hamburg-Altona (extensive renovation, paintings renewed with Rolffs)

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personal data
SURNAME	Berg, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German painter
DATE OF BIRTH	December 10, 1861
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bornhöved
DATE OF DEATH	1944
Place of death	uncertain: Lübeck