Otto Rossow

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Otto Franz Rossow (* 1868 in New York City , USA; † after 1927) was an American genre and portrait painter of German origin.

Life

Otto Franz Rossow was born in New York as the son of Otto Rossow (* 1835 in Germany) and Louisa Rossow (* 1849 in Germany). His parents left New York with him on May 26th, 1881. The mail steamship "Wieland", with which they left, had Hamburg as its destination. He enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich on April 28, 1890 at the age of 21 and was initially a student of Johann Caspar Herterich . In 1895 he was a student at the Dresden Art Academy . In the following years he lived in Dresden , was a member of the General German Art Cooperative / Dresden Art Cooperative and the Saxon Art Association .

Exhibitions (selection)

  • Thirty-third major art exhibition in Bremen, February 16 - April 15, 1902
  • International art exhibition Bremen, mid-February to mid-April 1906
  • Large art exhibition Dresden, 1908
  • Great Berlin Art Exhibition , May 11th - September 27th 1914
  • International Art Exhibition Dresden , June - September 1926
  • German Theater Exhibition Magdeburg, 1927

Pictures (selection)

  • Russian cabaret "Blue Bird"
  • Old beggar with walking stick
  • Portrait of a Dutch girl
  • Capelle / Capri

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Otto F. Rossow, register book 1884–1920, entry 00686
  2. ↑ United States Census, 1880
  3. ^ The New York Times, May 26, 1881
  4. ↑ Art Academy Dresden - Students order, 1778-2012, entry 3004
  5. ^ General German Art Cooperative, 1899
  6. ^ Dresdner Kunstgenossenschaft, 1909
  7. ^ Publisher: Sächsischer Kunstverein, 1899
  8. ^ Dresden address book, 1898
  9. ↑ Thirty-third major art exhibition Bremen, 1902 ( Memento from June 12, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  10. ↑ International Art Exhibition Bremen, 1906 ( Memento from June 12, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  11. ↑ Monthly for all areas of Christian art and art history, 1907/1908
  12. ↑ Great Berlin Art Exhibition, catalog page 33, Berlin, 1914
  13. ^ Exhibition Magdeburg, Official Catalog, 1927
  14. ↑ artprice
personal data
SURNAME Rossow, Otto
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rossow, Otto Franz (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American genre and portrait painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1868
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City , USA
DATE OF DEATH 20th century