Otto Steinert (12 July 1915 – 3 March 1978) was a German
photographer
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Duties and types of photographers
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Life and work
Born in
Saarbrücken
Saarbrücken (; french: link=no, Sarrebruck ; Rhine Franconian: ''Saarbrigge'' ; lb, Saarbrécken ; lat, Saravipons, lit=The Bridge(s) across the Saar river) is the capital and largest city of the state of Saarland, Germany. Saarbrücken is ...
, Germany, Steinert was a medical doctor by profession and was
self-taught in photography. After
World War II
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, he initially worked for the State School for Art and Craft (''Staatliche Schule für Kunst und Handwerk'', today
HTW) in Saarbrücken.
He was the founder of the
Fotoform photography group.
From 1959, he taught at the
Folkwang Hochschule design school in
Essen
Essen (; Latin: ''Assindia'') is the central and, after Dortmund, second-largest city of the Ruhr, the largest urban area in Germany. Its population of makes it the fourth-largest city of North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne, Düsseldorf and Do ...
, where he later died.
His archive is part of the photographic collection of the
Museum Folkwang, Essen.
Exhibitions
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Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany, 2015/2016
Publications
*''Parisian Forms.'' Göttingen, Germany:
Steidl, 2008. Edited by Ute Eskildsen. . Published in conjunction with an exhibition at Museum Folkwang, Essen.
Collections
Steinert's work is held in the following public collections:
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
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, New York: 2 prints (as of November 2019)
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Museum of Modern Art
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It plays a major role in developing and collecting modern art, and is often identified as one of t ...
, New York: 3 prints (as of November 2019)
References
External links
Images by Otto Steinert(
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1915 births
1978 deaths
Photographers from Saarland
People from Saarbrücken
People from the Rhine Province
Recipients of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
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