Otto Hamel

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Otto Hamel (born Otto August Maximilian Hammel ) (born March 6, 1866 in Erfurt ; † July 23, 1950 in Lohr am Main ) was a German painter .

Life

Otto Hamel was born in Erfurt as the son of a decorative painter. After finishing school, he attended the Royal Erfurt Art School, where he studied with the history painter Eduard von Hagen and with Hans Semper . With a scholarship from the city of Erfurt, he continued his studies in Berlin with Max Koch and Franz Skarbina . In 1888 he received a state scholarship to study in Italy, and one year later he opened his first studio in Berlin. He continued his studies in Paris, where he came into contact with Impressionism . In 1890, after his return, he was appointed professor of decorative painting at the Hanover School of Applied Arts .

Exhibitions

  • On his 75th birthday, a special exhibition was organized on his works, for which the H. Menges Gallery in Hanover published a publication.

Works

Numerous multicolored postcards , so-called “artist postcards ”, with views of Hanover with Otto Hamel's signature, from publishers such as Meißner & Buch , Leipzig , among others .

  • 1908: "View of Hanover" over the Maschaue and the Maschpark to the (actually still unfinished) New Town Hall , signed "OH 08"
  • "From my sketchbook: Original lithographs; for the benefit of the Red Cross ; 1916

Famous students

Adolf Mühlhan

literature

  • Hans Feldbusch : Special exhibition Professor Otto Hamel, Munich, on the occasion of his 75th birthday , Galerie H. Menges, Hanover 1941
  • Ludwig Fährer: Otto Hamel: 1866–1950; a cross-section through his work , in: Writings of the Geschichts- und Museumsverein Lohr am Main (magazine), Lohr am Main , 1992
  • Adolf Kiepert: Hanover in words and pictures. With 286 illustrations based on original paintings and original drawings by Diekmann, Fiermann, Professor Hammel, Professor Hildebrand, Professor Jordan, Ramberg, Professor Schaper, Stocks, Ulbrich, as well as based on original photographs , (reprint of the edition) Hanover, Kiepert, 1910, 2nd edition - Hanover: Schlütersche, 1981, ISBN 3-87706-181-8

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Example on a sales page
  2. ↑ Fig. In: Adolf Kiepert: Hanover in words and pictures. , P. 22

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personal data
SURNAME Hamel, Otto
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mutton, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH March 6, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH Erfurt
DATE OF DEATH July 23, 1950
Place of death Lohr am Main