Otto Biermer
Magnus Karl Otto Biermer (born February 12, 1858 in Würzburg , † September 8, 1901 in Siegsdorf ) was a German portrait and genre painter.
Biermer began his studies at the Royal Saxon Polytechnic School in Dresden , but continued his studies at the Dresden Art School in the painting school of Friedrich Leon Pohle .
He then moved to Munich to study from April 26, 1881 at the Royal Academy of Arts in Munich with Wilhelm von Lindenschmit the Younger and Ludwig von Löfftz .
He went on study trips to Rome and Zurich . As a freelance artist, he initially mainly painted portraits, later also genre pictures. He died at the age of 43.
literature
- Hyacinth Holland : Biermer, Otto . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 4 : Bida – Brevoort . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1910, p. 13 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Saur 1992-, 10, 576 (1995)
- Bénézit 1999, vol. 2, p. 302
Web links
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Biermer, Otto |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Biermer, Magnus Karl Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German portrait and genre painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 12, 1858 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wurzburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 8, 1901 |
| Place of death | Siegsdorf |