Oskar Zwintscher (2 May 1870, in

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– 12 February 1916, in

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) was a German painter. He is often associated with the

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movement.

Life

From 1887 to 1890 he studied at the

Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig The Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst (HGB) or Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig is one of the oldest art schools in Germany, dating back to 1764. The school has four colleges specializing in fine arts, graphic design, photography and new media ar ...

and, from 1890 to 1892 was a student of

Leon Pohle Friedrich Leon Pohle (1 December 1841, Leipzig – 27 February 1908, Dresden) was a German painter. He is mostly known for his portraits. Life and work Pohle began attending the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts when he was only fifteen years old. In ...

and

Ferdinand Pauwels Wilhelm Ferdinand Pauwels ( �pʌu̯əls 13 April 1830, Ekeren – 26 March 1904, Dresden) was a Belgian history painter who lived and worked in Germany. Life From 1842 to 1850, he studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Antwerp), under Gu ...

at the

Dresden Academy of Fine Arts The Dresden Academy of Fine Arts (German ''Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden''), often abbreviated HfBK Dresden or simply HfBK, is a vocational university of visual arts located in Dresden, Germany. The present institution is the produc ...

. After his studies, he became a free-lance painter in

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, where he received a stipendium, awarded to Saxon painters by the "Munkeltsche Legat". This enabled him to work for three years with no financial worries. In 1898, he presented his first large collection of paintings to the public. That same year, he was a prizewinner at a contest held by the entrepreneur Ludwig Stollwerck to select artists for a new line of

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s. His first series of cards, "Jahreszeiten" (The Seasons), was published later that year. This was followed in 1900 by "Das Gewitter" (The Tempest). Four years later he, in turn, became a judge at a contest held by Stollwerck and Otto Henkell, selecting illustrations to use in joint advertising campaigns for their chocolate, cocoa and champagne.Hofacker, Prof. Karl: Kunstgewerbeblatt 15. Jahrgang, Leipzig, 1904. Dresden_loschwitzer_schneider_zwintscher_5_thanatos_DSC_4543

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In 1902, at the invitation of his friend

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, he spent some time at the art colony in

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. From 1903, he served as a professor at the Dresden Academy. He was described as thorough and pedantic and was an unshakable opponent of

impressionism Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement characterized by relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities (often accentuating the effects of the passa ...

. Despite this, and his involvement with advertising, much of his work is openly erotic or has an eerie quality. His style has been likened to a contemporary version of Holbein or Cranach, but also contains elements of

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. He is buried in

Loschwitz Cemetery Loschwitz Cemetery (german: Loschwitzer Friedhof) is the second burial ground, still in use, of Loschwitz, part of the city of Dresden, Germany, replacing the graveyard of Loschwitz church, no longer used for burials. The cemetery was dedicated in ...

. The figure on his grave (an

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with a lowered torch) was designed by

Sascha Schneider Rudolph Karl Alexander Schneider, commonly known as Sascha Schneider (21 September 1870 – 18 August 1927), was a German painter and sculptor. Biography Schneider was born in Saint Petersburg in 1870. During his childhood, his family lived ...

Selected paintings

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References

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Collection {{DEFAULTSORT:Zwintscher, Oskar 1870 births 1916 deaths German painters German male painters German Symbolist painters German erotic artists Artists from Leipzig Art Nouveau painters Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig alumni

Life

Selected paintings

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