Otto Ottler

Biography

Posters, publicity. Born 25 November 1891 in Munich. Studied at the Munich Kunstschule und Akademie. By 1925: member of Die Sechs (The Six), a group of Munich poster artists.

Writings about

  • Das Plakat (Munich ed.), Jan. 1921 (ills.)
  • Die Reklame, 1925, p. 532 (ad for the publisher Drechsler)
  • M. Glass, ‘Die 6 in Wort und Bild’, Gg, Jahrg. 2 (1925/6?), v. 4, pp. 49-68 (showing work of The Six)
  • DdW, 1927, pp. 31-7 (work of The Six)
  • H.K. Frenzel, ‘Munich carnival posters’, Gg, April 1930, pp. 57-64
  • Werner Suhr, ‘Es ist an der Zeit…’, Gg, Aug. 1931, pp. 10-25, esp. p. 14
  • H.K. Frenzel, ‘Posters from Munich’, Gg, July 1934, pp. 36-43, esp. pp. 38, 41
  • Eberhard Hölscher, ‘Otto Ottler’, Gg, April 1935, pp. 18-21
  • Vollmer, 1962.

Exhibitions

  • International Poster Exh., New York, 1935.