About Ludwig Otto
Lived 1850 – 1920 (aged 69). Ludwig Otto was a German etcher, lithographer and painter.
Louis Eugen Friedrich Otto (21 July 1850 — 15 May 1920), known as Ludwig Otto, was a German landscape and court painter, etcher, and lithographer.
Born at Borna, near Leipzig, in the Kingdom of Saxony,
Otto married Marie Rüdiger, daughter of a pastor of Großdrebnitz, a village he regularly visited to paint. One of his paintings survives there in the Martinskirche.
In May to October 1906, Otto’s work was exhibited at the Sächsische Kunstausstellung, a major exhibition in Dresden on the Brühlesche Terrasse.
He was appointed a professor and also designed stained glass windows and other interior features for churches.
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Who was Ludwig Otto?
German artist (1850–1920)
When was Ludwig Otto born?
Ludwig Otto was born on 21 July 1850 in Borna.
When did Ludwig Otto die?
Ludwig Otto died on 15 May 1920 in Dresden.
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Ludwig Otto was an etcher, lithographer and painter.
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Ludwig Otto was German.
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