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Otto Greiner - Sheet of studies for ‘Ex Libris Victor Graf von Rex’

Sheet of studies for ‘Ex Libris Victor Graf von Rex’ (1900)

Otto Greiner (German, 1869-1916)
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Otto Greiner

Otto Greiner began his artistic career training as a lithographer in his home town of Leipzig. In 1888 he was awarded a bursary enabling him to continue his studies at the Academy of Art in Munich. At a Munich exhibition he encountered the work of Max Klinger – already a leading figure in contemporary art. The encounter proved to be life-changing. Greiner resolved to establish contact with Klinger in Italy. A first meeting took place in Rome in 1891. A friendship quickly developed and Klinger actively encouraged his younger colleague in his work. Both artists firmly rejected the view some critics held that theirs was a teacher-pupil relationship.

Greiner quickly recognized Italy as his spiritual home. He settled in Rome permanently in 1898, moving into Klinger’s former studio near the Colosseum. He was in contact with and highly regarded by the community of German artists living and working in Rome. When Italy entered the war in 1915 he was obliged to return to Munich. He died in Munich in 1916 after contracting pneumonia.

Greiner was a printmaker and draughtsman of pre-eminent talent but he also aspired to public recognition as a painter. Many of his paintings are monumental in format and draw on mythological subjects, often depicting nudes in Italianate landscapes. Notable examples are Ulysses and the Sirens (formerly Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig), Hercules and Omphale (Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart) and Prometheus (National Gallery of Canada, Toronto). He produced a large body of studies, working in ink, charcoal, red chalk, gouache and coloured crayon. These drawings underline the precision of his working methods and his confident handling of materials, techniques and subjects, combined with remarkable compositional skill and virtuoso draughtsmanship. Depictions of the human figure were central to his interests – his predilection for particularly complex poses had few parallels at the time. His masterly portrait drawings and nudes are his major artistic legacy.

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Portrait of Franz Langheinrich and his Wife

Portrait of Franz Langheinrich and his Wife (1901)

Otto Greiner (German, 1869-1916)
Klassischer Skulpturen Schatz. Verlagsanstalt F. Bruckmann

Klassischer Skulpturen Schatz. Verlagsanstalt F. Bruckmann (1896)

Otto Greiner (German, 1869-1916)
A male and a female figures (study for ‘Golgotha’)

A male and a female figures (study for ‘Golgotha’) (late 19th–early 20th century)

Otto Greiner (German, 1869-1916)
Head of a girl

Head of a girl (1890 - 1916)

Otto Greiner (German, 1869-1916)
Christmas Program of the Cantata Monday of the German Booksellers Association; Goodbye

Christmas Program of the Cantata Monday of the German Booksellers Association; Goodbye (1893-1897)

Otto Greiner (German, 1869-1916)
Porträt des Zeichenlehrers Arthur Haferkorn

Porträt des Zeichenlehrers Arthur Haferkorn (1890)

Otto Greiner (German, 1869-1916)
Oh, Italia!

Oh, Italia! (1915)

Otto Greiner (German, 1869-1916)
Dedication to Max Klinger

Dedication to Max Klinger (1898)

Otto Greiner (German, 1869-1916)
Ex libris van Marianne Brockhaus

Ex libris van Marianne Brockhaus

Otto Greiner (German, 1869-1916)
Klassischer Skulpturen Schatz. Verlagsanstalt F. Bruckmann

Klassischer Skulpturen Schatz. Verlagsanstalt F. Bruckmann (1896)

Otto Greiner (German, 1869-1916)
Two studies of boy nudes and studies of hands

Two studies of boy nudes and studies of hands (1892)

Otto Greiner (German, 1869-1916)
Siegfried Wagner

Siegfried Wagner (1900)

Otto Greiner (German, 1869-1916)
Hercules and Atlas

Hercules and Atlas (1892)

Otto Greiner (German, 1869-1916)
Bookplate of Wilh. Weigand

Bookplate of Wilh. Weigand (1894)

Otto Greiner (German, 1869-1916)
Gaia

Gaia (1912)

Otto Greiner (German, 1869-1916)
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