Otto Mack
(1897-1964)
People in the City
oil painting on canvas
signed lower right
dimensions 74 x 64 cm, dimensions with frame 86.5 x 77.5 cm
Otto Mack (1897 -1964 Nuremberg ibid.) dt painter. Training in Nuremberg, Munich and Berlin. Study trips to Italy, France and Belgium. 1939/40 to the armed forces convened from time to time in the eastern provinces. Mack painted in oil, watercolor and tempera, mostly landscapes and portraits. In 1938 he lived in Nuremberg. 1950 in St. Helena at running / Großengsee. In 1942, Mack has created a total of 50 sheets of Hiltpoltstein. He held it firmly in charcoal and crayon views that are seen today only in part on the ground. Since 1933 member of the artist hermitage. Numerous exhibition appearances from 1933 to 1963 / 2
The Hiltpoltstein complete works, probably a commissioned work came later in the session illustrated the first 65 years back in the hands of the municipality. The exhibition shows the long-lost art treasure. The market town Hiltpoltstein and the Friends of the castle Hiltpoltstein eV show this treasure along with images of the artist Elmar Berner, Hartmut Blade, Paul Schelhorn. (Source: Vollmer, Nuremberg artist Encyclopedia, edited by M. Greaves.)
