Komposition, 1939, Otto Freundlich, German, [no. 22-05-27]

Komposition, 1939, Otto Freundlich, [no. 22-05-27]

Otto Freundlich (1878 – 1943) was a German painter and sculptor of Jewish origin. A part of the first generation of abstract painters in Western art, Freundlich was a great admirer of cubism.
Freundlich was born in Stolp, Province of Pomerania, Prussia. His mother was a first cousin of the writer Samuel Lublinski. Otto studied dentistry before deciding to become an artist. He went to Paris in 1908, living in Montmartre in Bateau Lavoir near to Pablo Picasso, Braque and others. In 1914 he returned to Germany. In 1924 he moved to Paris. In later years his work was considered ‘Entartete’ by the nazi’s. On 09-03-1943, arrival day he was murdered in concentration camp Majdanek.