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Otto Griebel (1895-1972), was a German painter and graphic designer of the New Objectivity.
He studied at the royal drawing school in Dresden, where he met Otto Dix. From 1911 to 1915, he studied the art of stained glass at the School of Applied Arts in Dresden and painted his first oil paintings. After having been a soldier during the First World War, he returned to Dresden, collaborated in the revolutionary workers 'and soldiers' council, became a member of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) and met Oskar Kokoschka. He works with the Dadaists and befriends George Grosz and John Heartfield, then moves to Berlin. He is a member of the Novembergruppe in Berlin and is a co-founder of the Rote Gruppe in Dresden.
Thanks to his friend Otto Kunze, a puppeteer, he made puppet theater (hand puppet) but could not bring himself to make it his profession.
In 1933, Otto Griebel was arrested by the Gestapo and his paintings were declared contrary to the standards of official Nazi art and thus degenerate.
Most of his work was destroyed in February 1945, during an air raid on Dresden.
He studied at the royal drawing school in Dresden, where he met Otto Dix. From 1911 to 1915, he studied the art of stained glass at the School of Applied Arts in Dresden and painted his first oil paintings. After having been a soldier during the First World War, he returned to Dresden, collaborated in the revolutionary workers 'and soldiers' council, became a member of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) and met Oskar Kokoschka. He works with the Dadaists and befriends George Grosz and John Heartfield, then moves to Berlin. He is a member of the Novembergruppe in Berlin and is a co-founder of the Rote Gruppe in Dresden.
Thanks to his friend Otto Kunze, a puppeteer, he made puppet theater (hand puppet) but could not bring himself to make it his profession.
In 1933, Otto Griebel was arrested by the Gestapo and his paintings were declared contrary to the standards of official Nazi art and thus degenerate.
Most of his work was destroyed in February 1945, during an air raid on Dresden.
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