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,
lithograph
Lithography () is a planographic method of printing originally based on the immiscibility of oil and water. The printing is from a stone (lithographic limestone) or a metal plate with a smooth surface. It was invented in 1796 by the German a ...
s 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
Nazism ( ; german: Nazismus), the common name in English for National Socialism (german: Nationalsozialismus, ), is the far-right politics, far-right Totalitarianism, totalitarian political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hit ...
was a bad thing.
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.
Work and exhibitions
*''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
See also
*
List of German painters
References
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20th-century German painters
20th-century German male artists
German male painters
Artists from Mainz
1887 births
1963 deaths
German Expressionist painters
People from Rhenish Hesse