Oskar Albrecht

Biography

Posters. Born 23 September 1895 in Ronneburg, Sa./Altenburg. Studied at the Weimar Hochschule für bildende Kunst: a teacher was Walther Klemm. 1921-5: work published in the journal Der Sturm. 1928-33: member of the art group Die Abstrakten (later: Die Zeitgemässen), representative of political and artistic radicalism. After 1933 he was forbidden to exhibit his work.

Writings about

  • W. Lotz, ‘Die deutsche Presse und die neue Gestalung’ (‘Pressa’ exh.), Die Form, 1928, v. 5, pp. 129-39, esp. p. 130
  • Vollmer, I, 1953
  • Oskar Nerlinger, ‘“Die Zeitgemässen” – eine Künstlergruppe’, Bildende Kunst, 1959, 1, pp. 26-30
  • AKL, 1992.

Exhibitions

  • Galerie am Sachsenplatz, Leipzig, 1976 (group).