Otto Laible

Otto Laible (born January 14, 1898 in Haslach im Kinzigtal ; † April 22, 1962 there ) was a German painter .

Life

In 1916 Laible was in military service , from 1919 he trained as a chaser in Karlsruhe and Pforzheim . He then studied at the Baden State Art School in Karlsruhe, where he was a student of Georg Scholz and Walter Conz . In 1922 he attended the Karlsruhe School of Applied Arts , where he became a master student of Ernst Würtenberger . Thanks to a grant, he made his first trip to Paris in 1924 , and five years later he settled in Karlsruhe as a freelance painter. In 1933 Laible was proposed for the Villa Massimo Prize , which, however, was rejected by the National Socialists because of his Francophile predilection and was crushed.

In 1944, his Karlsruhe studio was destroyed in a bomb attack. After the war he founded the artist group Der Kreis with Karl Hubbuch and other artists . In 1947 he was appointed head of a drawing class at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe , where he was professor in 1949 and deputy rector in 1957/58.

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Otto Laibel's work is strongly influenced by his participation in both world wars and by his close relationship with France and French painting.

His works in excerpt are:

• The towers of the city of Karlsruhe
• Woman at the toilet
• Pair

literature

• Manfred Hildenbrand: Otto Laible (1898–1962) . In: Hildenbrand, Manfred (ed.): Haslach im Kinzigtal. 1st ed. Pp. 929-390. Haslach, 2009
• Otto Laible (illustrations), Gisela Grasmück (ed.): French impressions. Otto Laible on his 100th birthday; Exhibition January 15 to March 27, 1998 . Badenwerk, Karlsruhe 1998, ISBN 3-00-002328-3 .
• Wolf Habich: Otto Laible as a "war painter" . The messenger from the Defense History Museum pp. 5–8. 1998
• Ludwig Vögely: The painter Otto Laible on the 100th birthday. Badische Heimat 78: pp. 119–128. 1998
• Gerlinde Brandenburger-Eisele: Otto Laible (1898–1962): Drawings from Russia (1942–1944) . Badische Heimat 73: 127.134. 1993
• Leo Mülfarth: Otto Laible - life and work. Ettlinger booklets. 25: pp. 31-43. 1991
• Manfred Hildenbrand: love of home and cosmopolitanism - on the 90th birthday of the Painter Professor Otto Laible . The Ortenau 68: pp. 513-525. 1988
• Ludwig Vögely: The painter Otto Laible . Badische Heimat 67: pp. 569-580. 1987
• Ingrid Popp: The painter Otto Laible (1898–1962). Monograph and catalog raisonné (University Collection Philosophy / Art History; 6). University publishing house, Freiburg / B. 1986, ISBN 3-8107-2215-4 .
• Gerhard Grimm: The painter Otto Laible. (Series of publications by the Hans Thoma Society, edited by A. Hagenlocher. 6th book). Thiemig, Munich 1970.

Web links

• Literature by and about Otto Laible in the catalog of the German National Library