Otto Modersohn
(1865–1943) tysk landskapsmålare
Otto Modersohn (1865–1943) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Otto Modersohn belongs to the chapter ‘Post-Impressionism and Symbolism’ in this site’s history of art.
Otto Modersohn was born in Soest and died in Rotenburg an der Wümme. Otto Modersohn trained at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf and Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe. The teachers included Hermann Baisch and Eugen Dücker. Otto Modersohn worked in Worpswede and Fischerhude. Wikidata associates Otto Modersohn with Expressionism. Otto Modersohn became a member of Worpswede artist colony and Tartarus. Otto Modersohn was awarded Goethe Medal for Art and Science.
The works belong mainly to the genre landscape painting. The catalogue has 2 works by Otto Modersohn with free images. The dated work is from 1895. Works by Otto Modersohn are held by Kunsthalle Bremen and Historical Museum Bamberg.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include E. Phillips Fox, Paul Sawyier, Robert Polhill Bevan, Moina Mathers, and Akseli Gallen-Kallela.