Otto Steinert Explained

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. . 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]

External links

• Images by Otto Steinert (PDF)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tate. 2019-11-12. Otto Steinert. Tate.
2. News: Sean. O'Hagan. 2019-11-12. Sean O'Hagan reviews the Street and Studio photography exhibition at Tate Modern, London. The Observer. 25 May 2008. 0029-7712. www.theguardian.com.
3. Web site: besprechung fotoform und toni schneider. (in German)
4. News: Marc. Feustel. 2019-11-12. Michael Wolf obituary. The Guardian. 2 May 2019. 0261-3077. www.theguardian.com.
5. Web site: 2019-11-12. Otto Steinert. Museum Folkwang.
6. Book: Museum Folkwang Essen. Ute. Eskildsen. Otto Steinert: Parisian forms. Steidl : Museum Folkwang . Göttingen; Essen. 9783865216243. 1110324709.
7. Web site: 2019-11-12. 2 results for "Otto Steinert". www.metmuseum.org.
8. Web site: 2019-11-12. Otto Steinert. The Museum of Modern Art.