Otto Steinert facts for kids
Otto Steinert (12 July 1915 – 3 March 1978) was a German photographer.
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Life and work
Born in Saarbrücken, Germany, Steinert was a medical doctor by profession and was self-taught in photography. After World War II, 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, where he later died.
His archive is part of the photographic collection of the Museum Folkwang, Essen.
Exhibitions
- Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany, 2015/2016
Collections
Steinert's work is held in the following public collections:
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: 2 prints (as of November 2019)
- Museum of Modern Art, New York: 3 prints (as of November 2019)
See also
In Spanish: Otto Steinert para niños
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