Erich Buttner - Artist Info

About Erich Buttner

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Erich Bittner
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    German artist Erich Buttner was born in 1889. From 1906-1911 Erich Büttner studied at the educational establishment of Decorative Arts Berlin under Emil Orlik and trained as a painter and graphic artist. Since 1908, he was a member of the Berlin Secession. He was celebrated as a major portraitists (eg he portrayed painter colleagues such as Corinth, Grosz, Zille and the former teacher Orlik). His oeuvre includes abstract-expressive tendencies. He passed away in 1936....

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