Ottokar Renger
Ottokar Renger (born May 25, 1850 in Dresden ; † May 7, 1876 there ) was a German painter .
Life
Renger's father, Julius Joseph Renger, came from the Bohemian town of Oberkamnitz. He came to Dresden as a glass worker and engraver. Renger's mother, Johanne Sophie Richter, called Meixner, came from Großdittmannsdorf in Saxony . Ottokar Gustav Renger was the second of seven children.
On April 11, 1864, Renger, not yet fourteen years old, was accepted into the Dresden Art Academy . For several semesters he was a trainee and assistant to the professor for perspective, Gustav Heine . On April 5, 1869, he entered the landscape studio class of Ludwig Richter . From January 3 to April 30, 1872, Renger was, probably on the recommendation of Richter, teacher of watercolor painting and companion of Princess Marie Reuss (older line) in Greiz . In 1873 he had this position again around the same time.
In October 1872 Renger left the art academy. In the summer of 1873 he traveled to Munich, the Chiemsee and the Alps. From the middle of 1874 to the summer of 1875 he was a drawing teacher on a manor in Poland. Renger then moved back to Dresden, soon fell ill with the lymph glands and died on May 7, 1876 in Dresden, Moritzstrasse 13. Like his teacher Ludwig Richter, he was buried in the New Catholic Cemetery in Dresden.
Works
Ottokar Renger: The painter Ludwig Richter, around 1870
Ottokar Renger: Portrait of a young man (detail), 1872
literature
- Karl Josef Friedrich : Ludwig Richter and his group of students. Koehler & Amelang, Leipzig 1956.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Renger, Ottokar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 25, 1850 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 7, 1876 |
| Place of death | Dresden |