Ottokar Graebner
Ottokar Gräbner (born June 19, 1904 in Osterwick near Konitz , West Prussia , † September 16, 1972 in Munderkingen ) was a German painter , graphic artist and sculptor .
Life
Ottokar Gräbner worked as a traveling actor in 1922 and 1923. From 1923 to 1924 he was an apprentice at the Danzig wood sculptor Seipold and took drawing lessons from Bruno Paetsch . In 1925 he lived as a painter in Berlin and was a student of Ludwig Meidner . From 1926 to 1929 he worked as a painter in Gdansk. From 1930 to 1933 he studied at the Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main. He was a master student of Max Beckmann and attended the graphics class of Franz Karl Delavilla .
In 1933 he stayed in Gdansk because of a work ban including persecution and emigrated from 1936 to 1942 to the Soviet part of Poland after the war occupation. He did not return to Kochel am See in Germany until 1943 .
The first, small-format wooden reliefs were created around 1950, the first large one called the triptych “The War” in 1951. Thereafter, Gräbner concentrated on woodcut cycles with war and post-war themes and made numerous trips to the eastern Mediterranean.
In 1972 he moved to Munderkingen near Ulm and died a short time later.
Exhibitions
- 1927: Collective exhibition in Danzig in the Stock Tower
- 1929: Collective exhibition in Gdansk in the art chamber of the museum
- 1955: Exhibition voor Sierkunst Gent
- 1958: Exhibition at the Salon de l´art libre Paris
- 1962: Exhibition in Hanover and Solingen
- 1969: Exhibition at the Christa Moering Gallery, Wiesbaden
- 1971: Collective exhibition of the professional association of visual artists in Munich
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Graebner, Ottokar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter, graphic artist and sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 19, 1904 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Osterwick near Konitz , West Prussia |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 16, 1972 |
| Place of death | Munderkingen |