Otto Hettner (1875 - 1931)

Otto Hettner

Otto Hettner was a German painter, graphic artist, illustrator and sculptor.

Hettner studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe with Robert Petzelberger and at the Académie Julian in Paris, then lived in Florence for a year and studied again, this time at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts. In 1916 he became a member of the executive committee of the Free Secession, and the following year he became director and professor at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts, where he worked until 1927.

Otto Hettner illustrated various books for well-known publishing houses. After the artist's death, the Nazis, who came to power in Germany, considered Hettner's works degenerate, and in 1937, as part of the campaign "Degenerate Art" 15 of his works were confiscated from museums.