Oskar Martin-Amorbach - Artist Info

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Oskar Martin Amorbach
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    Oskar Martin-Amorbach (1897-1987)

    Oskar Martin-Amorbach was born in Amorbach, Lower Franconia in 1897. Oskar was a German painter. He studied at the Munich Academy under Carl Johann Becker-Gundahl and Franz von Stuck. Oskar Martin attended the Royal School of Applied Arts in Munich from 1914. After completing his studies, he moved to Samerberg in Chiemgau and joined the artists' association ‘Die Welle’ [The Wave]. He became known to the broad public thanks to a fresco in the Munich Glaspalast (formerly Haus der Deutschen Kunst).

    In 1939, he was awarded the title of professor. Starting in 1943, he was the professor of history painting at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in B...

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