Otto Eckmann

 ( German Typographers And Type Designers ) 

Otto Eckmann (19 November 1865 – 11 June 1902) was a German painter and graphic artist. He was a prominent member of the "floral" branch of Jugendstil.

He created the Eckmann typeface, Otto Eckmann – About the Designer. Eckmann Font Family. Linotype. Access Date:2012-09-11 which was based on Japanese calligraphy and medieval font design. /a>

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Biography Otto Eckmann was born in the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Germany in 1865. He studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Hamburg and Nuremberg and at the academy in Munich. In 1894, Eckmann gave up painting (and auctioned off his works) in order to concentrate on applied design. He began producing graphic work for the magazines Pan in 1895 and Jugend which had roughly 20,000 readers every weekSchneider, Sarah. "Otto Eckmann" . in 1896. He also designed book covers for the publishers Cotta, Eugen Diederichs, August Scherl and Seemann, as well as the logo for the publishing house S. Fischer Verlag. Eckmann used woodblock print for his work on Jugend magazine similar to japanese woodblock prints and later-adapted French styles.Schneider, Sarah. "Otto Eckmann" . Eckmann's work differed from others in the Art Nouveau movement in that he used dimensionality in his designs, where most designers used a flat look Eckmann's work shows a clear background, middle-ground and foreground.Schneider, Sarah. "Otto Eckmann" .

In 1897 he taught ornamental painting at the Unterrichtsanstalt des Königlichen Kunstgewerbemuseums in Berlin. In 1899, he designed the logo for the magazine Die Woche. From 1900 to 1902, Eckmann did graphic work for the Allgemeine Elektrizitätsgesellschaft (AEG). During this time, he designed the fonts Eckmann (in 1900) and Fette Eckmann . Eckmann was also proficient in tile design and furniture design.Museum, Victoria and Albert. "Armchair: Bing, Siegfried: Eckmann, Otto: V&A Explore the Collections" .

Eckmann died of the tuberculosis that had plagued him for years on 11 June 1902, at age 37 in Badenweiler, Germany.

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Style and works Otto Eckmann was skilled in many areas of art and design including tile, textile, embroidery, furniture, and painting. Eckmann worked as a painter from his education in 1865 to 1894 when he changed careers to focus on applied design.Schneider, Sarah. "Otto Eckmann" . Few works from this time remain. Of what does remain there is pottery, painting, sculpture and textile."Otto Eckmann | 20 Artworks | Mutualart" .

More works remain from after his shift to applied design. Eckmann's work as part of the Arts and Crafts movement, Art Nouveau, and its German counterpart jugendstil.Schneider, Sarah. "Otto Eckmann" . Much of Eckmann's work depicted swans, as well as women. The latter was common for the Art Nouveau movement, however Eckmann's love of swans was more personal but expanded to all of jugendstil, becoming a common subject of works in the movement and serving as a symbol for it. Eckmann's work has been auctioned many times with prices ranging from US$216 to US$16,250."Otto Eckmann | Biography – MutualArt" .

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See also

• List of German painters
• Art Nouveau posters and graphic arts

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Further reading

• (2025). 9783822840788, Taschen. ISBN 9783822840788

Categories: German Typographers And Type Designers, 19th-century German Painters, 19th-century German Male Artists, German Male Painters, 20th-century German Painters, 20th-century German Male Artists, 1865 Births, 1902 Deaths, Art Nouveau Painters, Artists From Hamburg, Academy Of Fine Arts, Nuremberg Alumni, 20th-century Deaths From Tuberculosis, Tuberculosis Deaths In Germany

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