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Otto Gutfreund

Otto Gutfreund (1889 - 1927) was active/lived in Czech Republic, France.  Otto Gutfreund is known for Expressionist figure sculpture, ink drawing.

Otto Gutfreund, also written Oto Gutfreund, was a Czech-Czechoslovak sculptor.  Otto Gutfreund was born on August 1889 in the town of Dvur Králové nad Labem, Bohemia, as the fourth of five children of Karel and Emilie Gutfreund. During 1903-1906 he studied at the School of Creative Arts in the town of Bechyn. After completion, he attended the College of Decorative Arts in Prague for the next three years.

In 1909 Gutfreund discovered the works of Antoine Bourdelle during his exhibition in Prague organized by the artistic group SVU Mánes.  He studied with Bourdelle from 1909 to 1910. In November Gutfreund traveled to Paris and enrolled to study at Bourdelle's sculpture class at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière. In Paris he met Auguste Rodin and discovered medieval art.

After a year Gutfreund left Bourdelle's teaching course and traveled to Great Britain, Belgium, and the Netherlands before returning to Prague. In 1912 Gutfreund becam   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 4093 characters.]  Artist bio

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