Otto Tragy
Otto Tragy (born March 7, 1866 in Prague , † January 7, 1928 in Pasing ) was a German painter and graphic artist.
Born as the son of a lawyer , Tragy studied from October 18, 1886 at the Royal Academy of Arts in Munich with Karl Raupp and Nikolaus Gysis and in Paris with Pascal Adolphe Dagnan-Bouveret .
After completing his studies, he worked as a painter and commercial artist in the Pasing- Obermenzing artists' colony from 1898 . He became a member of the Munich Artists' Cooperative .
In 1898, Tragy acquired a set of Art Nouveau playing cards for the Altenburg playing card factory Schneider & Co.
He exhibited his works in the Munich Glass Palace until 1922 .
literature
- Uwe-Volker Segeth: Playing cards, Art Nouveau and Art Deco: Edition Brandstätter, Vienna 1994: ISBN 3854474474
- Tragy, Otto . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 33 : Theodotos vacation . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1939.
Web links
Commons : Otto Tragy - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- Matriculation Book Academy Munich
- Otto Tragy Art Nouveau playing cards
- Obermenzing artists' colony
- Playing cards
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tragy, Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter and graphic artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 7, 1866 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prague |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 7, 1928 |
| Place of death | Pasing |