Otto Steinert (12 July 1915 – 3 March 1978) was a German photographer.[1]
Life and work
Born in Saarbrücken, Germany, Steinert was a medical doctor by profession and was self-taught[2] 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.[3][4]
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[5]
Publications
- Parisian Forms. Göttingen, Germany: Steidl, 2008. Edited by Ute Eskildsen. ISBN 978-3865216243. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at Museum Folkwang, Essen.[6]
Collections
Steinert's work is held in the following public collections:
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: 2 prints (as of November 2019)[7]
- Museum of Modern Art, New York: 3 prints (as of November 2019)[8]
References
- ^ Tate. "Otto Steinert". Tate. Retrieved 2019-11-12.
- ^ O'Hagan, Sean (25 May 2008). "Sean O'Hagan reviews the Street and Studio photography exhibition at Tate Modern, London". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 2019-11-12 – via www.theguardian.com.
- ^ "besprechung fotoform und toni schneider". (in German)
- ^ Feustel, Marc (2 May 2019). "Michael Wolf obituary". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-11-12 – via www.theguardian.com.
- ^ "Otto Steinert". Museum Folkwang. Retrieved 2019-11-12.
- ^ Museum Folkwang Essen; Eskildsen, Ute. Otto Steinert: Parisian forms. Göttingen; Essen: Steidl : Museum Folkwang. ISBN 9783865216243. OCLC 1110324709.
- ^ "2 results for "Otto Steinert"". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2019-11-12.
- ^ "Otto Steinert". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2019-11-12.