About Oskar Garvens
Lived 1874 – 1951 (aged 76). Oskar Garvens was a German sculptor, illustrator, draftsperson and caricaturist.
Oskar Theodor Garvens (20 November 1874 – 18 November 1951) was a German sculptor and caricaturist.
Biography Born in Hanover in 1874, and educated at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, Garvens was a supporter of traditional schools of art and mocked cubism in particular.
In 1911, Garvens married Margarete Unger, and they had two children, Klaus (born 1912 in Berlin) and Ursula (born 1914).
As well as publishing work in the influential arts magazine Jugend,
Garvens sometimes signed his work with a monogram of a small letter "o" inside a larger capital "G".
He died in Berlin in 1951.
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German sculptor and caricaturist
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Oskar Garvens was born on 20 November 1874 in Hanover.
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Oskar Garvens died on 18 November 1951 in Berlin.
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Oskar Garvens was a sculptor, illustrator, draftsperson and caricaturist.
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