Otto Dill

* 1884, Neustadt an der Weinstraße 1957, Bad Dürkheim

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* 1884, Neustadt an der Weinstraße, 1957, Bad Dürkheim

Otto Dill successfully completed his art education between 1908 and 1913 at the Munich Academy with Heinrich von Zügel. With the outbreak of the First World War he volunteered for the armed forces and from 1916 worked at the Bavarian War Ministry. In 1922 Dill became a member of the Munich Secession. 1924 saw him awarded the title of Professor. He travelled throughout Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. From 1930 he settled in Neustadt and later in Bad Dürkheim. In 1949 Dill became an honorary member of the Academy of Fine Art in Munich. In addition, he was an honorary member of the Society of Friends of Heinrich von Zügel in the town of Wörth am Rhein. Otto Dill belongs to the second tier ( zweiten Garde) of the most important German Impressionists. He is often known as 'Löwen-Dill' (Lion-Dill), owing to the numerous lion motifs that appear in his work.

Kaiserslautern, Pfalzgalerie der Bezirksverbandes Pfalz

München, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen

München, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus

Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Otto-Dill-Museum

Oldenburg, Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte

Wuppertal, Von-der-Heydt-Museum

Paris, Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou

Zahlreiche Privatsammlungen auf der ganzen Welt

Ludwig, Horst: s.v. „Dill, Otto“, in: Bruckmanns Lexikon der Münchner Kunst. Münchner Maler im 19./20. Jahrhundert (Geburtsjahrgänge 1871-1900), bearbeitet von Horst Ludwig, Bd. 5: Achmann-Kursell, München 1993, S. 179-180 Vollmer, Hans: s.v. „Dill, Otto“, in: Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler des XX. Jahrhunderts, hrsg. von Hans Vollmer, Bd. 1: A-D, Leipzig 1953, Reprint München 1992, S. 566 Weber, Wilhelm: Otto Dill. Leben und Werk, hrsg. von Manfred Vetter, Zülpich-Langendorf 1992