Otto Gutfreund

Otto Gutfreund in the French Foreign Legion, 1914

Otto Gutfreund (3 August 1889 – 2 June 1927)[1] also written Oto Gutfreund,[2] was a Czechoslovak sculptor. After studying art in Prague and Paris, he became known in the 1910s for his sculptures in a cubist style. After his service in the First World War he worked in a more realistic style. His later work includes many small polychrome ceramic figures as well as architectural decorations.

  1. ^ Chilvers, Ian, ed. (2009). The Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. Oxford University Press. p. 278. ISBN 978-0-19-953294-0.
  2. ^ "Artist biography – Oto Gutfreund 1889–1927". Tate. Retrieved 22 November 2014.