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Otto Freundlich (10 July 1878 – 9 March 1943) was a German painter and sculptor of Jewish origin. A part of the first generation of abstract painters in Western art, Freundlich was a great admirer of cubism.

Otto Freundlich
Born10 July 1878
Stolp, Germany
Died9 March 1943 (aged 64)
Majdanek, General Government (German-occupied Poland)
NationalityGerman
Known forPainting and sculpture

Life


Selbstportrait (Self-portrait), 1918
Selbstportrait (Self-portrait), 1918

Freundlich was born in Stolp, Province of Pomerania, Prussia. His mother was a first cousin of the writer Samuel Lublinski. Otto studied dentistry before deciding to become an artist. He went to Paris in 1908, living in Montmartre in Bateau Lavoir near to Pablo Picasso, Braque and others. In 1914 he returned to Germany. After World War I, he became politically active as a member of the November Group. In 1919, he organized the first Dada - exhibition in Cologne with Max Ernst and Johannes Theodor Baargeld. In 1925, he joined the Abstraction-Création group.

Mein roter Himmel, 1933
Mein roter Himmel, 1933

After 1925, Freundlich lived and worked mainly in France. In Germany, his work was condemned by the Nazis as degenerate and removed from public display. Some works were seized and displayed at the infamous Nazi exhibition of degenerate art including his monumental sculpture Der Neue Mensch (The New Human) which was photographed unsympathetically and used as the cover illustration of the exhibition catalogue. Der Neue Mensch was never recovered and is assumed to have been destroyed. One of his sculptures was recovered in an excavation in Berlin and put on display at the Neues Museum.[1][2][3]

While in Paris, he became a member of the Union des Artistes Allemands Libres.[4]

He moved to France in 1924, and during the occupation moved with his wife to the Pyrenees. Freundlich was interned by the Vichy authorities but released, for a time, under the influence of Pablo Picasso. In 1943 he was arrested and deported to Majdanek Concentration Camp, where he was murdered on the day he arrived.


Documentary Film


Although Otto Freundlich has been largely overlooked since being vilified by the Nazis, a documentary Das Geht Nur Langsam (It Takes Time) was released in 2012. The film traces his vision to build streets of sculptures running through Europe symbolizing his utopian ideas for a world society.


See also



References


  1. Associated Press article 8 November 2010
  2. "Buried in a Bombed-Out Cellar: Nazi Degenerate Art Rediscovered in Berlin" Der Spiegel (11 August 2010)
  3. "Photo Gallery: Sensational Find in a Bombed-Out Cellar" Der Spiegel (11 August 2010)
  4. Siegfried Gnichwitz, "Heinz Kiwitz: gekämpft · vertrieben · verschollen" Archived 20 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine (PDF) Stiftung Brennender Dornbusch. Folder from an exhibition in honor of the 100th anniversary of Kiwitz' birth. Liebfrauenkirche, Duisburg (7 November – 5 December 2010), p. 5. Retrieved 10 February 2012 (in German)



На других языках

[de] Otto Freundlich

Otto Freundlich (* 10. Juli 1878 in Stolp, Pommern; † vermutlich am 9./10. März 1943 im KZ Lublin-Majdanek oder Sobibor)[1][2] war ein deutscher Maler und Bildhauer sowie Autor kunsttheoretisch-philosophischer Schriften. Freundlich war einer der ersten Vertreter der abstrakten Kunst.[3] Er lebte seit 1908 mit einer Unterbrechung in Frankreich und wurde nach einer Denunziation als Jude 1943 in ein Vernichtungslager deportiert und dort ermordet.
- [en] Otto Freundlich

[es] Otto Freundlich

Otto Freundlich (Słupsk, Pomerania, 10 de julio de 1878 - Majdanek, 9 de marzo de 1943) fue un pintor y escultor alemán.

[fr] Otto Freundlich

Otto Freundlich, né le 10 juillet 1878 à Stolp (Allemagne) et assassiné le 9 mars 1943 au camp de concentration de Lublin-Majdanek (situé en Pologne occupée), est un sculpteur et un peintre allemand.

[it] Otto Freundlich

Otto Freundlich (Słupsk, 10 luglio 1878 – Majdanek, 9 marzo 1943) è stato un pittore e scultore tedesco di origine ebraica. Fece parte della prima generazione di artisti a dedicarsi all'arte astratta.

[ru] Фрейндлих, Отто

Отто Фрейндлих (нем. Otto Freundlich; 10 июня 1878 (1878-06-10), Штольп, провинция Померания, Германская империя, Поморское воеводство, Польша — 9 марта 1943, Майданек) — немецкий живописец и скульптор еврейского происхождения, один из первых художников-абстракционистов.


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