Otto Gerstenberg (11 September 1848 – 24 April 1935) was a German

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and an early 20th-century

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Life

In his childhood Gerstenberg lived in Pyritz. Gerstenberg studied mathematics and philosophy in Berlin. Since 1873 Gerstenberg worked as mathematician for assurance '' Allgemeinen Eisenbahn-Versicherungs-Gesellschaft'', which later became German assurance ''Victoria''. In 1888, Gerstenberg became member of supervisory board in that assurance and was since 1891 CEO of the assurance. In 1884, Gerstenberg married Elise Wilhelmine Winzerling, with her he had two daughters. The family home was first at ''Großbeerenstraße'' in Berlin-

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and later in Berlin- Lichterfelde. His daughter Margarete married physicist Hans Georg Scharf. Gerstenberg collected art. During

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, part of his collection was destroyed and other works were seized from

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, ending up in Russian museums.Sammlung Scharf-Gerstenberg: Die helle Seite der Nacht
Nicola Kuhn, ''

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'', 11 July 2008. Retrieved 14 September 2010. Sammlung Scharf-Gerstenberg: Passion für die Fantasie
Gudrun Meyer, ''

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'', 9 July 2008. Retrieved 14 September 2010. His collected paintings went to his daughter, Margarete Scharf, who stored most in the bunker of the

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in Berlin during the war. These were taken to the Soviet Union. Others were put in storage and burned in an air raid. The surviving artworks remained in family ownership and were inherited by his grandson, Dieter Scharf.Sammlung Scharf-Gerstenberg - Surreale Welten
State of Berlin homepage. Gerstenberg is buried at the St. Annen cemetery in Dahlem, Berlin.

Collected arts by Gerstenberg

Honoré Daumier - Der eingebildete Kranke.jpg,

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''Der eingebildete Kranke''
today: Eremitage
Sankt Petersburg Gustave Courbet - Gustave Mathieu.JPG,

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''Porträt Gustave Mathieu''
today: Sammlung Oskar Reinhart 'Am Römerholz'
Winterthur Edgar Degas Place de la Concorde.jpg, Edgar Degas:
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today: Eremitage
Sankt Petersburg Manet, Edouard - At the Café, 1878.jpg,

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''Au café''
today: Sammlung Oskar Reinhart 'Am Römerholz'
Winterthur Pierre-Auguste Renoir - In the Garden.jpg, Pierre-Auguste Renoir:
''Dans le jardin''
today: Eremitage
Sankt Petersburg Pierre-Auguste Renoir - Woman on a Stair.jpg, Pierre-Auguste Renoir:
''Femme sur un escalier''
today: Eremitage
Sankt Petersburg Édouard Manet - Pertuiset, le chasseur de lions.jpg, Édouard Manet:
''Pertuiset, the lion hunter''
today: Museu de Arte
São Paulo Lautrec a corner in a dance hall 1892.jpg,

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Comte Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa (24 November 1864 – 9 September 1901) was a French painter, printmaker, draughtsman, caricaturist and illustrator whose immersion in the colourful and theatrical life of Paris in th ...

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''Un coin du Moulin de la Galette''
today: National Gallery
Washington

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Life

Collected arts by Gerstenberg

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