Otto von Kotzebue (painter)
Otto von Kotzebue (born May 22, 1936 in Munich - Schwabing ) is a German architect and painter . He is a great-grandson of Alexander von Kotzebue .
Life
Otto von Kotzebue grew up in Upper Bavaria. After dropping out of the humanistic grammar school, von Kotzebue did an apprenticeship as a bricklayer and then studied architecture at the Munich University of Applied Sciences . He then worked as a freelance architect for architectural offices in Athens , Tel Aviv , Copenhagen , São Paulo and Johannesburg and in Munich until 1980, with awards for municipal buildings and urban planning . During this time he was able to achieve numerous national competition successes. He was appointed as a member of the Association of German Architects (BDA).
From 1980 Kotzebue began to turn more and more to painting and in the mid-1980s moved with his family to Tuscany , where he ran a farm near Cortona for around ten years in addition to his studio. Numerous exhibitions from this time attest to his work in Italy.
He got further inspiration for his artistic work on his travels, most recently in 2010 on his two-month road trip through 40 states in the USA.
His studio is in Munich on Heßstrasse, directly behind the Neue Pinakothek . His studio is open to visitors after registering by telephone. Otto von Kotzebue is one of the regular participants in Art in the Karrée of the Open Ateliers in Schwabing and Maxvorstadt.
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Kotzebue's work primarily includes large-format oil paintings (around 1050 mm × 1300 mm) but also smaller watercolors. Recently, smaller oil paintings (around 800 mm × 500 mm) have also been added. Places, scenes and impressions from his travels can be found again and again in his pictures, which he reproduces and interprets. In recent years he has also made a name for himself with his large-format stage sets - u. a. a name for the carnival balls of the Munich Künstlerhaus - and decorations.
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| SURNAME | Kotzebue, Otto von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect and painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 22, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |