Edmund Kesting
Edmund Kesting (27 July 1892, in Dresden – 21 October 1970, in Birkenwerder) was a German photographer, painter and art professor. He studied until 1916 at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts before participating as a soldier in the First World War, upon returning his painting teachers were Richard Müller and Otto Gussmann and in 1919 he began to teach as a professor at the private school Der Weg. In 1923 he had his first exposition in the gallery Der Sturm in which he showed photograms.
Edmund Kesting
- Born
- 1892 · Dresden.
- Died
- 1970 · Birkenwerder.
- Nationality
- German Democratic Republic · Germany
- Occupation
- photographer · painter · graphic artist · teacher
- Languages
- German
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Edmund Kesting (27 July 1892, in Dresden – 21 October 1970, in Birkenwerder) was a German photographer, painter and art professor. He studied until 1916 at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts before participating as a soldier in the First World War, upon returning his painting teachers were Richard Müller and Otto Gussmann and in 1919 he began to teach as a professor at the private school Der Weg. In 1923 he had his first exposition in the gallery Der Sturm in which he showed photograms.
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Born at Dresden in 1892, died in Birkenwerder in 1970.
The recorded working language is German. Employment is recorded with Weißensee Academy of Art Berlin. Work by Edmund Kesting is recorded in the collections of National Gallery of Canada, Museum of Modern Art, Berlinische Galerie, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
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