Otto Antoine (1865-1951)

paikka: Koblenz

Syntynyt: 1865

kuolema: 1951

Elämäkerta:

Otto Antoine was a German cityscape painter and commercial artist, working in the Impressionistic style. He was born to Georg Antoine, a watchmaker, and his wife, Marie née Roesgen. Antoine displayed an aptitude for art at a young age and was apprenticed to a local painter after completing his secondary education. However, economic circumstances prevented him from pursuing a career in art, so he entered the civil service at the age of eighteen and became a clerk at the post office in Koblenz. He continued to practice drawing and painting after work and was often assigned to do calligraphy due to his elegant handwriting. When the Secretary of the Post Office, Heinrich von Stephan, became aware of his talent, arrangements were made for him to study in Berlin. Antoine studied landscape painting at the Prussian Academy of Art under Franz Skarbina's instruction. He worked at the Oberpostdirektion, where he painted façades and small murals depicting post offices. In 1902, he was appointed an assistant at the Postal Museum, selecting, processing, and copying images for inclusion. Antoine also helped oversee their posting.