Otto Geigenberger

Active mainly in Munich, Otto Geigenberger trained under Maximilian Dasio and earned a drawing teacher's diploma before becoming a freelance painting instructor. The German artist traveled widely in Europe, painting watercolours that he later developed into oil works, which were exhibited both nationally and internationally. He belonged to groups such as the Munich Secession, Berlin Secession, and the Prussian Academy of the Arts, and received awards including the Albrecht Dürer Medal and the Rome Prize. In 1943, he was banned from painting and selling his art, but his works still appeared in exhibitions during 1944; he died in Ulm in 1946.