Otto Gleichmann
Otto Gleichmann (20 August 1887, in Mainz – 2 November 1963, in Hannover) was a key figure in German expressionism. He produced oil paintings, watercolor paintings, sketches, lithographs and pictures in mixed media. His works from the 1920s and 1930s were characterised by his bad experiences as a soldier (1915) and his injuries (1916) during the First World War - and his belief that the growth of National Socialism was a bad thing.
Also recorded as Otto Bernhard Max Gleichmann
Otto Gleichmann
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- Born
- 1887 · Mainz.
- Died
- 1963 · Hanover.
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- painter · printmaker · artist
- Movements
- Expressionism
- Languages
- German
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Otto Gleichmann (20 August 1887, in Mainz – 2 November 1963, in Hannover) was a key figure in German expressionism. He produced oil paintings, watercolor paintings, sketches, lithographs and pictures in mixed media. His works from the 1920s and 1930s were characterised by his bad experiences as a soldier (1915) and his injuries (1916) during the First World War - and his belief that the growth of National Socialism was a bad thing.
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He took part in the Hannoversche Sezession from 1918, where he met Kurt Schwitters, among others, and became friends with Theodor Däubler. His exhibition was banned, and he was named a degenerate artist in 1938.
The recorded working language is German. Places of work recorded in the authority are Hanover. Work by Otto Gleichmann is recorded in the collections of Museum of Modern Art, Berlinische Galerie, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Print Collection and Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen.
• Selbstbildnis (self-portrait) 1913, Pencil on paper • Sturm Herrschaften 1915, Pencil on paper • Irrenparadies II, 1918, Pencil on paper • Strahlen - Stuerzen (Lines/Rays) Oil on canvas, 1920 • Vor dunkler Landschaft (Against the darker landscape) Oil on canvas, 1920 • Unfassbar, unfasslich sind ihm die Dinge (inconceivable are things for him), Pen and watercolour on paper, 1920 • Kopf einer Greisin Mixed media, 1927 • Leichenschmaus, 1925
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