ARTIST: Otto Antoine (Germany, 1865 - 1951)
NAME: Landscape
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
CONDITION: Canvas is unmounted. Some paint losses mostly in lower corners. One faint scratch. No visible inpaint under UV light.
SIGHT SIZE: 9 x 12 1/2 inches / 22 x 33 cm
FRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available)
SIGNATURE: lower right
SKU#: 119814
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BIOGRAPHY:
After attending high school, he was sent for an apprenticeship to a master painter. At the age of 18, he chose the career of mail clerk at the post office of Lutzel. After hours, he drew and painted motifs of his hometown of Koblenz, applying his self-taught skills and knowledge. After the "assistant's exam" in 1887 and voluntary military service for the term of one year, he was transferred to a pioneer battalion for a short time in Hamburg. Antoine went to Berlin in 1891 and studied at the Berlin Academy of Arts (Akademie der Kunste) under Franz Skarbina. He became a member of the Association of Berlin Artists and participated regularly in the major art exhibitions in Berlin. In 1942, he was bombed-out in Berlin and spent a short time in Silesia.Immediately after moving from Koblenz to Berlin in 1891, Antoine contacted local artists in Berlin. He studied part-time at the Academy of Fine Arts (Hochschule fur Bildende Kunste) and attended courses in landscape and nude painting. In Professor Franz Skarbina (1849-1910), he found an artist who recognized his talent and encouraged and taught him what he, the self-taught artist, had yet to learn. Initially, Antoine mainly painted landscapes and mostly used watercolors. After his training under Skarbina, he preferred oil paint for larger images, because it was more expressive, and mostly painted city-themed motifs. He created many oil, pastel, and watercolor paintings as well as etchings of motifs of Berlin. Horse-drawn carriages on rain-soaked roads, the hustle and bustle on Leipziger Strasse or passers-by at the Brandenburg Gate - these are impressions the artist captured in their randomness and instantaneousness. The Cathedral, The Castle and Bridge (Kaiser-Friedrich-Bridge), Unter den Linden, Brandenburg Gate, Leipziger Platz, with the Wertheim Department Store, Potsdamer Platz, Alexanderplatz with Berolina and Police Headquarters, Reichstag, Tiergarten, Kurfurstendamm, Kaiser-Wilhelm Memorial Church and Tauentzienstrasse, as well as the City Hall and Altes Museum are naturally included in the list of his paintings of Berlin. It is the representative Berlin; the Berlin of monumental buildings. All paintings are atmospheric and were completed using a virtuous impressionistic technique. The hues of the era and its transformations are easily perceptible by looking at the means of transportation, hackney coaches, the electrical and open top buses as well as the clothing of the pedestrians.Otto Antoine was a member of the Association of Berlin Artists, which was founded in 1841. Later, he represented his fellow artists as a member of the association's board and was repeatedly involved in the setting up of the Greater Berlin Art Exhibition. Eventually, he became an honorary member and honorary president of the association.Fortunately, a large amount of his work had been preserved. However, a complete overview of the locations of Antoine's works does not currently exist. At best, the following information may be a reference point. A large number of his works is currently kept by the family and other private collectors.