Henri Ottmann
Henry Ottmann (also Henri Ottmann) (10 April 1877 – 1 June 1927)[1] was a French painter and printmaker.
Henry Ottmann
Biography[edit]
Henry Ottmann was born on 10 April 1877 in Ancenis (Loire-Atlantique). He made his debut at the Salon La Libre Esthétique in Brussels in 1904 and took part in the Salon des Indépendants[2][3] in Paris from 1905, the Salon d'Automne,[4] the Salon Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts and the Salon des Tuileries.[5]
In 1911 and 1912, Ottmann exhibited at the Artistes de la Société Moderne at the Gallery Paul Durand-Ruel together with Armand Guillaumin, Henri Lebasque and others.[6]
In 1912, Henry Ottmann exhibited at the gallery Eugène Druet.[7]
In 1919 he was working on illustrations of La Gebre periodical in Woodcut technique together with Paul Signac,[8] Henriette Tirman and other painters.[9]
In 1920, Ottmann exhibited at the gallery Marcel Bernheim together with Manguin, Tirman, Alexandre-Paul Canu and others.[10]
In 1922, he exhibited at the Exposition du Cercle Artistique de Bruxelles together with those of Paul-Albert Besnard, Pierre Bonnard, Raoul Dufy, Othon Friesz, Charles Guérin, André Lhote, Henri Matisse, Paul Signac, Maurice de Vlaminck and others.[11]
In 1926, Ottmann exhibited at the gallery L.Dru[12] (Paris)[13] and at the Parisian gallery La Palette Française,[14] and in March 1927 in the gallery Armand Drouand.[15]
He died in Vernon on 1 June 1927 after a car accident.
![Sleeping Courtesan, 1920;[16] (Musée National d'Art Moderne)](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Henri_Ottmann%2C_%27Courtisane_Endormie%27%2C_1920.jpg/200px-Henri_Ottmann%2C_%27Courtisane_Endormie%27%2C_1920.jpg)
