Otto Eichrodt

Otto Eichrodt (born June 25, 1867 in Freiburg im Breisgau ; † probably January 19, 1944 in Karlsruhe ) was a German painter, graphic artist, illustrator, poet and composer.

Life

Otto Eichrodt studied at the Karlsruhe Art Academy from 1888 to 1901 and then in Munich and Paris . He lived and worked with his brother Hellmut Eichrodt . Otto Eichrodt painted landscapes, portraits and still lifes; He also created book illustrations, posters, printed advertising and similar products. For Knorr he created the collective picture series Volkslieder (around 1902), Sportbilder and The Five Senses (no year), for Stollwerck the series Andersen and 5 of his fairy tales . Even Dr. Thompson's soap powder was advertised , among other things, with commercial graphics by Otto Eichrodt. On a series of picture postcards that he designed for this product, the focus was on the white swan, which became the brand's emblem . Eichrodt, who had a humpback and a clubfoot , often caricatured himself.

He also wrote pantomimes and folk pieces with singing and dancing, especially for the festivities of the Karlsruhe Artists' Association. He did not join the NSDAP on the grounds that he was a “convict”. This related to the profession of his father Julius Eichrodt, who was the director of the prison in Bruchsal .

Otto Eichrodt was portrayed by the sculptor Hermann Binz (1876–1946) as a gargoyle in the shape of a faun at the Stephanienbrunnen in Karlsruhe .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Detlef Lorenz, Reklamekunst um 1900. Artist Lexicon for Collecting Pictures , Reimer 2000, ISBN 3-496-01220-X , p. 92
2. ^ City of Karlsruhe (ed.): Street names in Karlsruhe (= Karlsruhe contributions. No. 7). Karlsruhe 1994, ISBN 3-7650-0407-3 ( online ).