Otto Richard Bossert, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German artist
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Place of Birth: Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
About Otto Richard Bossert
- Otto Richard Bossert (1874–1919), also known as O.
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- 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.
- 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.
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