Otto Fischer

Biography

Posters. Born 2 July 1870 in Leipzig. Studied at the Dresden Akademie. From 1895: decorations for the journals Pan, Zeitschrift für bildende Kunst, Die graphische Kunst. Died 23 March 1947 in Dresden. Died 23 March 1947 in Dresden. ‘One of the pioneers of artistic German posters.’ (H. Rademacher, Deutsche Plakatkunst und ihre Meister, Hanau/M.: Dausien, 1965).

Writings about

  • Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon, Munich/Leipzig: K.G. Saur Verlag, 1990-., 2004 (inc. extensive lists: exhs., bibliography)