Otto Umbehr

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Otto Umbehr was born 1902 BirthDusseldorf, Germany.
Died 1980 deathHannover.

Categories: Bauhaus Photography

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Among the artists whose untraditional approach to the medium helped create a "new vision" was the free-spirited bohemian and self-taught photographer Otto Umbehr. He began his studies at the Weimar Bauhaus in 1921 and two years later moved to Berlin, where he worked as a photojournalist and portrait photographer…
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