Otto Nagel (ger. Otto Nagel, 27 September 1894, Berlin — 27 September 1967, ibid) — German painter and graphic artist, one of the most famous artists of the GDR, the organizer and leader of the German Academy of arts (GDR), a master of urban landscape and genre scenes. The most famous images of Berlin.
Otto Nagel was born 27 September 1894 in Berlin's wedding district, to the family of a carpenter, a member of the social democratic movement. In the future, Otto life held leftist political views. At the end of "popular" schools have enrolled in the school's mosaic and stained glass art, but you can say that painting, he studied independently.
During the First world war Nagel came to the camp for a penalty for evading military service. In 1919 he wrote his first oil painting — influenced by the work of August Macke. In the same period, Nagel became a member of the Communist party of Germany. In 1922 he, together with the Ervin Corridor is organized by the Society of assistance to artists.
In 1933 Nagel was elected Chairman of the all-German Union of artists, but almost immediately this organization was abolished by the coming to power of the Nazis.
After the Second world war, Nagel lived at first near Potsdam, and then, from 1950, in East Berlin.
In 1950 Nagel was awarded the national prize of the GDR. In the same year he participated in the creation of the German Academy of arts in Berlin. From 1956 to 1962, he served as President of the Academy.
The artist died on 12 July 1967 in Berlin district of Bisdorf.
