Otto Eglau

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Otto Eglau (born April 20, 1917 in Berlin-Karlshorst ; † February 23, 1988 in Kampen ) was a German painter and graphic artist .

Life

After graduating from high school, Otto Eglau was called up for military service and was taken prisoner, from which he was released in 1947. He began studying at the Berlin School of Fine Arts with Oskar Nerlinger , Max Kaus and Wolf Hoffmann . In 1953 he became a lecturer in the architecture faculty at the Technical University of Berlin at the chair for free painting and drawing. Extensive study trips from 1951 to 1970 took him to Spain, Rhodes, Greece, Portugal, Sweden, Tunisia, Japan, Hong Kong, Macao, New York and Norway. From 1962 to 1963 he stayed in Japan and, as part of the German-Norwegian cultural agreement , in Ekely , Oslo . In 1970 he received a scholarship from the Goethe Institute in Munich to study in Nepal. From 1969 to 1976 he was professor for etching at the International Summer Academy for Fine Arts in Salzburg. 1983–1988 he worked in studios in Berlin, on Sylt and in his own etching workshop at Lietzensee in Berlin.

Exhibitions

Otto Eglaus work has been shown in more than 100 solo exhibitions, including a. Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, New York, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Kyoto, Tunis, Cairo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Liverpool, Salzburg, New Delhi, Calcutta, Kathmandu, Bucharest, San Francisco. There were also more than 120 group exhibitions.

Prizes and awards

  • 1957 Prize of the 1st Exposition Biennale Internationale De Gravure à Tokyo
  • 1981 Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.

literature

  • Hanns Theodor Flemming: Otto Eglau. The graphic work. Flensburg 1966
  • Otto Eglau. Atelierhaus Kampen, Sylt. With an introduction by Hanns Theodor Flemming. no year, around 1974/75
  • Otto Eglau. Island sketches. With an introduction by Heinrich Seemann. Hamburg 1982
  • Otto Eglau. Berlin / Sylt. 40 years of painting, oil paintings, watercolors, color etchings, drawings. Exhibition catalog 1985
  • Otto Eglau. Japan, Nepal, Sylt. Watercolors. Signs and structures. Introduction by Heinrich Seemann. Hamburg 1986
  • Otto Eglau. Watt Diary. Selected watercolors from the sketchbooks of Otto Eglaus. Kampen 1996

Possibility of confusion

The painter should not be confused with the business journalist and book author Hans Otto Eglau, b. 1939, author of biographies about Fritz Thyssen , Edzard Reuter a . a. Entrepreneurs (families).

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personal data
SURNAME Eglau, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH April 20, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin-Karlshorst , Germany
DATE OF DEATH February 23, 1988
Place of death Kampen , Germany