Otto Griebel (1895 - 1972)

Otto Griebel

Otto Griebel was a German artist of the twentieth century. He is known as a painter and graphic artist who worked in the directions of "new subject matter" and socialist realism.

Griebel joined the Dadaists after World War I and was a member of the Dresden Dadaist group. He participated in various artistic associations, including the Dresden Secession Group, the Aktion group of artists, the Association of Free Artists of Saxony, and others. In 1933, the artist was arrested by the Gestapo and his work was recognized as "degenerate art". Most of the master's work was lost during the bombing of Dresden in 1945.

Griebel was also a talented puppet theater artist and created sets for puppet shows.