Otto Lange (painter, 1924)
Otto Lange (* 1924 in Delmenhorst , Lower Saxony ; † December 24, 2008 in Eppstein , Hesse ) was a German painter and musician .
Life
Otto Lange grew up on the outskirts of the city of Delmenhorst in Lower Saxony , and was already a young boy enthusiastic about music (flute, cello and piano).
During the Second World War he played in an orchestra of the Wehrmacht. At the age of 20, after a few weeks on the Eastern Front, he was injured and taken prisoner by the Soviets in Kazakhstan . Due to typhus , malaria and serious injuries from forced labor in the mine, he was deemed unsuitable for mine work and worked as an accountant in the camp kitchen.
After returning from Russia in 1949, he married the sister of a fellow prisoner, Irmgard. The marriage had two children. Lange decided to intensify his father's poultry farming. This business was very successful, but it was time-consuming, so that Lange only had little time left for art (house music and now painting).
In 1983, Lange gave up his business and moved to northern Italy on the Ligurian coast. He painted a picture almost every day.
Since the mid-1990s, several serious illnesses tore him out of this rhythm. Various serious operations followed until 1998.
Lange developed his personal style primarily in the composition of his colors, in landscapes, still lifes or abstract pictures.
Otto Lange lived in the Taunus since 2005, where he died on December 24, 2008.
Web links
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lange, Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter and musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Delmenhorst , Lower Saxony |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 24, 2008 |
| Place of death | Eppstein , Hesse |