Bidspirit auction | Otto Eglau

Otto Eglau - Otto Eglau 1917 Berlin - 1988 Kampen - Sylt - (1980) watercolor/paper. 42.5 x 56 cm. 63 x 76 cm (dimensions with frame). Signed and dated lower right: Eglau / (19)80. Passe-partout. Fully visible, framed under glass. - Lit.: Vollmer 5, p. 450. Eglau studied at the Berlin University of the Arts, among others, with Max Kaus. At TU Berlin, Eglau held a professorship for free painting and drawing. In 1957, he received the prize of the 1st Exposition Biennale Internationale De Gravure à Tokyo. He undertook numerous study trips worldwide but maintained permanent studios in Berlin and on Sylt.