About Oskar Seyffert
Lived 1862 – 1940 (aged 78). Oskar Seyffert was a university teacher, painter, ethnologist, folklorist and illustrator.
Oskar Seyffert (19 February 1862, Dresden – 22 February 1940, Dresden) was a German art professor at the Königliche Kunstgewerbeschule ("Royal Art and Vocational School") in the Kingdom of Saxony.
As a folklorist, Seyffert was the founder and chairman of the Verein für Sächsische Volkskunde, from which Dresden's Museum für Sächsische Volkskunst and Puppentheatersammlung developed. Between 1927 and 1949 this museum was known as the Oskar-Seyffert-Museum. A street in Dresden-Gittersee is also named after Seyffert.
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Who was Oskar Seyffert?
German ethnologist (1862-1940)
When was Oskar Seyffert born?
Oskar Seyffert was born on 19 February 1862 in Dresden.
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Oskar Seyffert died on 22 February 1940 in Dresden.
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Oskar Seyffert was a university teacher, painter, ethnologist, folklorist and illustrator.
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Oskar Seyffert's recorded nationality: German Reich.
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