Otto GAMPERT (* 1842, † 1924)

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Otto Gampert is a well-known Swiss painter who was originally a doctor and turned to painting after the death of two of his daughters.

Works by Otto Gampert

Below you will find works by Otto Gampert:

Short biography of Otto Gampert

1842
born in Ottenbach, Switzerland

– studied medicine at the University of Zurich, Switzerland

– takes over his father’s practice in Ottenbach (Canton of Zurich), Switzerland

– occupation with painting and photography in his spare time

1877
Otto Gampert’s two daughters die

– abandonment of the medical practice due to mental incapacity to work

1883
moves to Munich with his wife and three children

– Otto Gampert considers painting as his new profession

– learns from the painters Adolf Stäbli and Otto Frölicher

around 1890
concentrates on etching

1919
moves to Switzerland

1924
died in Zurich, Switzerland

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