Otto Schubert (painter)
Otto Schubert (born January 29, 1892 in Dresden ; † June 12, 1970 ) was a painter and graphic artist who also worked as a stage painter at the court theater in Dresden in his youth . He studied 1906-09 at the Dresden School of Applied Arts and worked from 1909 to 1913 as a stage painter at the Dresden Court Theater.
From 1913 to 1914 he made graphic studies as part of his studies with Emanuel Hegenbarth at the Dresden Art Academy . He was committed to military service from 1914 to 1917. From 1917 to 1918 he was a master student of Otto Gussmann and Otto Hettner and was awarded the grand state prize. In 1919 he founded the Dresden Secession Group together with Otto Dix , Conrad Felixmüller and others . He was discovered by Julius Meier-Graefe for the Marées Society, who from 1918 brought out several books with illustrations by him. Few of his graphics have survived as the printing blocks and plates were destroyed in World War II. Schubert had his first major special exhibition in 1922 in the Alfred Flechtheim gallery in Berlin. From 1945 he worked as a freelancer in Dresden.
Illustrations
- Shakespeare visions. A tribute to German artists. , Marées Society, Munich 1918.
- Otto Schubert: picture book for Tyll and Nele. , Marées Society, Munich 1920.
- Carl Hauptmann: The lily-white mare. , Rudolf Kaemmerer Verlag, Dresden 1920.
- Ganymede. Leaves of the Marees Society. Marées Society, Munich 1920.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Reinecke Fuchs. , Marées Society, Munich 1921.
- Karl Linke: The Nibelungs retold. , German publishing house for youth and people, Vienna 1924.
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| SURNAME | Schubert, Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German stage painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 29, 1892 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 12, 1970 |