German painter, graphic artist, illustrator, sculptor and porcelain painter (born 1940 in Wernigerode / Harz), 1951 moved to West Berlin, 1956? 58 apprenticeship as window designer and poster painter, studied 1959-60 at the master school for arts and crafts Berlin, 1960 66 at the Hochschule der Bildenden Künste (HBK) Berlin with Karl Hartung, Bernhard Heiliger and Ulrich Knispel, 1964? 66 master student of Prof.

Hermann Bachmann, freelance from 1966 on, working as a set designer in Frankfurt am Main and Trier, 1967 Roh-Preis, from 1969 member of the artist community "Edition Außenkunst ?, undertook numerous study trips, including to the USA, Canada, Greenland, Finland, Iceland, Paris and the South Seas, 1974? 77 stay in Italy, from about 1969 also plastic artist, Works for the porcelain manufactory Rosenthal / Selb, lives in Hamm / Norddinker

Otmar Alt was born in Wernigerode, located in the Harz district of Germany. At the beginning of the 1950s he moved to Berlin, where he started an apprenticeship as window dresser and poster artist, after finishing school. In 1959 he decided to deepen his artistic training at the Berliner Meisterschule für Kunsthandwerk, where he graduated as a master student of Hermann Bachmann (1922-1995).

He then became a stage design assistant in Trier and Frankfurt am Main, but also started to organize his first solo exhibitions. Otmar Alt’s multifaceted oeuvre comprises not only paintings, graphic works and sculptures, but also designs for children’s books, posters, wall and façade designs, as well as fountain decorations and stage designs.

Today, examples of his artistic output can be found in the Westfalenpark in Dortmund, in the Allwetterzoo in Münster and among numerous public collections such as the AutoMuseum Volkswagen.