Otto Ditscher

Otto Ditscher (born October 29, 1903 in Neuhofen (Palatinate) ; † November 13, 1987 there ) was a German painter and member of the artists' association " Palatinate Secession ".

Life

Otto Ditscher completed a craft painter training. After 1910 he met the painter Heinz Schifferdecker (1889–1924), who introduced him to the artistic style discussion at that time in the fin de siècle . Otto Ditscher then studied from 1922 to 1925 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich with Adolf Schinnerer , Max Doerner and Max Mayrshofer .

The artist's work shows classic themes such as still lifes , portraits and landscapes as well as transposing the motifs into abstract forms, informal paintings and collages . He knew how to unmistakably characterize the atmosphere of the cosmopolitan cities of Venice , Paris and New York as well as the familiar local Rhine plain . In addition, there are always illustrations of masterpieces of German poetry, which he has compiled and edited as anthologies with the help of his wife Johanna Ditscher. For this reason, an art prize for book illustration has been awarded by the Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis under the name of this artist since 1978 , which has also been awarded every four years since 1990 for musical compositions that are particularly suitable for a performance by schoolchildren.

Otto Ditscher had developed a particularly close relationship with the region in which he was born and with which his work is rooted.

He was awarded the Max Slevogt Medal by the State of Rhineland-Palatinate .

Works (selection)

The "Vegetative made of concrete" from 1965 as a fountain in front of the former Volksbank (now town hall) Neuhofen

• n.d. Abstract composition. Woodcut, 352 × 267
• n.d. Abstract composition in blue. Gouache / paper
• o. J. Flower still life. Oil on hardboard, 600 × 400
• n.d. Chrysanthemums in ball vase. Tempera on paper, 410 × 445
• undated Mars. Woodcut, 500 × 350
• n.d. Park landscape with building. Oil on canvas, 570 × 645
• o. J. Walk on the banks of the Rhine. Oil on cardboard, 510 × 330
• o. J. Still life with earthenware jug and roses. Oil on hardboard, 670 × 460
• 1924 Woman's head in quarter profile to the left, woman's head in three-quarter profile (-1927). Watercolor / feather
• 1935 View over the exhibition grounds to the Bavaria. Watercolor, 300 × 410
• 1937 Wihr, Rudolf: The Rehhütter Chronik. Contribution to the history of the Ludwigshafen am Rhein district. Edited by the NS cultural community, local association Ludwigshafen. Ludwigshafen: Self-published by the author in 1937. 8 °, 207 p. With 20 pen drawings by Otto Ditscher, Neuhofen, with illustrations and sketches and a portrait of the author, OBroschur.
• 1943 Winter village landscape with thatched peasant huts in Lubni. Watercolor, 278 × 385
• 1952 Crouching antelope. Gouache, 290 × 280
• 1954 Medea. Gouache / paper
• 1955 Abstract composition. Oil on cardboard, 385 × 450
• 1956 Egyptian. Oil on canvas
• 1958 Abstract composition. Oil on cardboard, 155 × 845
• 1960 abstract composition. Oil on wooden panel, 350 × 495
• 1960 abstract composition. Oil on wooden panel, 195 X 705
• 1960 composition in pastel tones. Oil on hardboard, 540 × 210
• 1960 Rhine landscape. Acrylic on hardboard
• 1964 Abstract composition. Mixed media / cardboard, 210 X 520
• 1965 Vegetative made of concrete. Kreissparkasse, Neuhofen
• 1965 iron mesh "musician". Rehbach School, Neuhofen
• 1967 Abstract composition, illuminated shop window. Oil on canvas / panel, 200 × 1005
• 1969 Abstract composition. Oil on wooden panel, 190 × 695
• 1972 Composition with geometric shapes. Collage, 600 X 490
• 1972 Still life with a blue vase. Gouache / paper, 540 × 730
• 1975 Aluminum relief "Kühbrunneneck". At the indoor swimming pool, Mutterstadt
• 1975 Abstract composition. Oil on cardboard, 180 X 790
• 1975 Abstract composition. Oil on wooden panel, 180 × 700
• 1975 fountain. At the indoor swimming pool, Mutterstadt
• 1976 Ernst Bloch , linocut
• 1977 Roggendorf, Heinrich / Ditscher, Otto: Wine and essence - encounters with the Palatinate. Cologne (Müssener Verlag), 104 pages with approx. 40 illustrations by Otto Ditscher, bound in artificial linen, ISBN 3920669169
• 1977 Composition with trimmed disc and rectangular shape. Collage, 490 × 650
• 1977 composition with gold disc. Collage, 490 × 650
• 1981 Portrait of a seated child. Ink, 395 × 235
• 1984 memorial. Cemetery, Neuhofen

Web links

• Literature by and about Otto Ditscher in the catalog of the German National Library
• "Palatinate Secession" ( Memento from January 25, 2009 in the Internet Archive )