Oskar Seyffert
Oskar Seyffert (19 February 1862, Dresden – 22 February 1940, Dresden) was a German art professor at the Königliche Kunstgewerbeschule ("Royal Art and Vocational School") in the Kingdom of Saxony. Between 1927 and 1949 this museum was known as the Oskar-Seyffert-Museum. A street in Dresden-Gittersee is also named after Seyffert.
Oskar Seyffert
Konrad Immanuel Böhringer (* 7. März 1863 in Grimma · https: skd-online-collection.skd.museum/Details/Index/405487 · Public domain
- Born
- 1862 · Dresden.
- Died
- 1940 · Dresden.
- Nationality
- German Reich
- Occupation
- university teacher · painter · ethnologist · folklorist · illustrator
- Fields
- ethnology · folklore · painting · illustration
- Honours
- Goethe Medal for Art and Science
- Languages
- German
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Oskar Seyffert (19 February 1862, Dresden – 22 February 1940, Dresden) was a German art professor at the Königliche Kunstgewerbeschule ("Royal Art and Vocational School") in the Kingdom of Saxony. Between 1927 and 1949 this museum was known as the Oskar-Seyffert-Museum. A street in Dresden-Gittersee is also named after Seyffert.
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The recorded working language is German. The field of work recorded is ethnology, folklore and painting. Places of work recorded in the authority are Dresden. Employment is recorded with Dresden Academy of Fine Arts. Work by Oskar Seyffert is recorded in the collections of Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden. Distinctions recorded are Goethe Medal for Art and Science.
Oskar Seyffert is recorded as university teacher, painter, ethnologist, folklorist and illustrator. Career and activity. Seyffert worked in ethnology, folklore, painting and illustration. He was employed by Dresden Academy of Fine Arts. He worked at Dresden.
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1862
Oskar Seyffert born at Dresden.
1940
Oskar Seyffert died at Dresden.
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