Otto Pippel today ranks among the most important late Impressionists from southern Germany. His motifs include in particular the urban life of Munich in famous places such as the English Garden, the Hofgarten or the Hirschgarten. But also city scenes, figures, still lifes and landscapes can be found in large numbers in his oeuvre. His work shows the variety of Pippel's depictions of nature and cities in his unmistakable, painterly handling of colour as well as his painterly play of light.

The artist was born in Lódz on 10 February 1878. He began his studies at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Karlsruhe, but had to interrupt them due to service in the Russian army. In 1905 he continued his studies in Karlsruhe under Julius Hugo Bergmann and...