Otto Schmidt-Hofer
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Otto Schmidt-Hofer (* 1873 in Berlin ; † 1925 there ) was a German sculptor.
Life
Schmidt-Hofer studied in Berlin at the Royal Academy of Arts and at the teaching institution of the Berlin Museum of Applied Arts . The artist, closely associated with the court of Hohenzollern , was a member of the Reich Economic Association of Visual Artists . He lived in Paris until 1914 and after the First World War he lived in poor conditions in Berlin, where he died in 1925.
His numerous bronze statuettes of heroes, dancers, athletes and warriors were already well known before the First World War and he exhibited his sculptures in almost all well-known European galleries. From 1893 until the beginning of World War I, he primarily created works of art in the style of neoclassicism and Art Nouveau, and from 1915 until his death in the style of Art Deco . One of his works is a bust of Adolf Hitler .
Schmidt-Hofer was one of the most productive creators of bronze sculptures in the German Empire and is one of the leading sculptors of his time in Germany.
literature
- Willy Oskar Dreßler: Dressler's art manual. Second volume. The book of the living German artists, archeologists, art scholars and art writers. Visual arts. Curtius, Berlin 1920–1929. P. 893.
- Harold Berman: Bronzes. Sculptors & Founders 1800-1930 . Abage, Chicago 1974. p. 1215.
Web links
- Statuettes by Otto Schmidt-Hofer on artnet
- Statuettes by Otto Schmidt-Hofer on mutualart.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c biography of Otto Schmidt-Hofer on germanartgallery ; accessed on December 28, 2016
- ↑ a b Profile Otto Schmidt-Hofer on artinfo.pl ; accessed on December 28, 2016 (Polish)
- ↑ Otto Schmidt-Hofer. In: Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie . Nederlands Instituut voor Kunstgeschiedenis.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schmidt-Hofer, Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1873 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1925 |
| Place of death | Berlin |