Otto Richard Bossert
Otto Richard Bossert (1874–1919), also known as O. Bossert, was a German portrait painter, art teacher and graphic artist. Among his works are portrait etchings of historical figures and color woodcuts. His early works were influenced by Max Klinger.
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- Name
- Otto Richard Bossert
- Born
- 1874
- Birthplace
- Heidelberg
- Died
- 1919
- Nationality
- Germany.
- Occupation
- Otto Richard Bossert is recorded with the occupation lithographer.
- Honours
- Villa Romana Prize.
- Languages
- German.
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Otto Richard Bossert (1874–1919), also known as O. Bossert, was a German portrait painter, art teacher and graphic artist. Among his works are portrait etchings of historical figures and color woodcuts. His early works were influenced by Max Klinger.
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Bossert was born in Heidelberg and studied in Karlsruhe, before settling in Leipzig. In 1904 he began teaching at the Leipzig Academy for the Graphic Arts. In 1911 he spent a summer in Normandy and Brittany, where he was introduced to the art of Paul Cézanne. Bossert was a winner of 1914 Villa Romana prize. He died in 1919 in Leipzig. • Illustration — Die Hirtin (The Shepherdess), etching, 1916 • Illustration — Land (1919)
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• Name — Otto Richard Bossert • Born — 1874 • Birthplace — Heidelberg • Died — 1919
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Otto Richard Bossert was born at Heidelberg.
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- 1.u. a. Adressbuch Leipzig, 1918
- 2.Ansgar Scholz, Annekatrin Merren: Vergessene Avantgarde. Künstlerhaus und Nikischplatz. Leipziger Blätter, Sonderheft, Passage-Verlag, Leipzig 2016, ISBN 978-3-95415-055-7, S. 50
- 3.Hartmut Vollmer: In roten Schuhen tanzt die Sonne sich zu Tod. Lyrik expressionistischer Dichterinnen. Igel Verlag, 2011, ISBN 978-3-86815-526-6, S. 218.
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