Oskar Emil Richard Frenzel

Place: Berlin

Born: 1855

Death: 1915

Biography:

Oskar Emil Richard Frenzel was a German landscape-artist, animal painter and lithographer. He was born on November 12, 1855 in Berlin, Germany. Frenzel initially studied at the school of the Museum of Arts and Crafts in Berlin, until he transferred to the Academy of Arts in 1884 and became a student of Paul Friedrich Meyerheim and Eugen Bracht. He won first prizes at exhibitions in Berlin, such as in 1896 a large gold medal at the International Art Exhibition. Frenzel co-founded the Berlin Secession in 1898 and was a member of its committee. He joined the Secession again in 1902 and was from 1904 until his death a member of the Prussian Academy of Arts. His works were in the Alte Nationalgalerie (Old National Gallery) in Berlin, the Neue Pinakothek (New Pinakothek) in Munich and in the museums of Dresden, Königsberg, Magdeburg and Vienna. Frenzel died on May 15, 1915 in Berlin, Germany.