Otto Ackermann (painter)

Otto Ackermann (Berlin, 1872 - Düsseldorf, 1953 or 56) was a 19th-century German painter, mainly of landscapes. He was born in Berlin in 1872.[1] In 1897, he moved to Düsseldorf, where he remained until his death in 1956. He painted mainly landscape paintings of Belgium and the Netherlands, also working in printmaking on the same subjects. He was chairman of the local Düsseldorf Painters' Society and is mentioned in the diaries of Albert Herzfeld.[2]

The few biographical facts there are include that he was trained by "Eschke in Berlin", presumably the naval and landscape painter Hermann Escke (1842–1900). Ackerman travelled to Belgium, Italy and the Netherlands. He mostly painted landscapes and Belgian and Dutch coastal and river scenes.[3]

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  1. ↑ Getty Union Artists' Names List
  2. ↑ Götz Aly, Wolf D. Gruner Die Verfolgung und Ermordung der europäischen Juden durch das ... 2008 Volume 1 - Page 524 Tagebücher des Albert Herzfeld 1935-1939 [Diary of Jewish painter Albert Herzfeld] ".. Geburtstag in einem sehr liebevollen Schreiben des Vorsitzenden Otto Ackermann9 gratulierte, mir zur persönlichen ... u. mich 6 Wochen später, zugleich mit den übrigen 8 nichtarischen Mitgliedern, aus der Liste der Mitglieder strich. " Footnote 9 Otto Ackermann (1872-1953), Landschaftsmaler in Düsseldorf."
  3. ↑ Blog source