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Otto Rumpf

1902 – 1984

German sculptor

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Lived 1902 – 1984 (aged 81–82). Otto Rumpf was a German sculptor and artist.

Otto Rumpf (27 September 1902 – 3 October 1984) was a German sculptor.

Life Born in Obermoschel, Rumpf was the progenitor of the Kaiserslautern Rumpf family of sculptors. He was married to the sculptor Martha Jung (1910–1996). Their son is the sculptor Gernot Rumpf.

Rumpf first learned in the sculpture workshop of his father Ludwig Rumpf, from 1926 to 1933 he attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich and was a student of Hermann Hahn. From 1934 to 1943 he headed the sculpture department of the "Meisterschule des Deutschen Handwerk" in Kaiserslautern. Among his students here from 1938 to 1942 was Erich Koch, in the years 1975 to 1990 professor at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich.

After military service and imprisonment, Rumpf founded his own workshop in in 1946 (since 1969 part of Neustadt an der Weinstraße). In addition to his artistic activities, he taught again at the Kaiserslautern master school from 1960-1965.

Rumpd died in Bad Dürkheim at the age of 82.

Work 1951: Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, Außenfigur am Rathaus Annweiler 1953: Europa auf dem Stier, Electoral Palace, Koblenz (Skulptur am nördlichen Treppenaufgang, Innenbereich) 1964: Kriegerdenkmal Neuleiningen, St. Georg

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Who was Otto Rumpf?

German sculptor (1902–1984)

When was Otto Rumpf born?

Otto Rumpf was born on 27 September 1902 in Obermoschel.

When did Otto Rumpf die?

Otto Rumpf died in 1984 in Bad Dürkheim.

What was Otto Rumpf's occupation?

Otto Rumpf was a sculptor and artist.

What nationality was Otto Rumpf?

Otto Rumpf was German.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Otto Rumpf

· Wikidata: Q1264914

· DBpedia: Otto Rumpf

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