Otto Greiner
Entitled “Lost. Found. Returned. A Drawing’s Journey from Dresden and Back”, the exhibition traces the history of the drawing “Standing Male Nude” by the artist Otto Greiner. The exhibition was inspired by the research of two scholars at the Kupferstich-Kabinett, who were able to identify the work in 2025 in the collection of the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles.
Otto Greiner (1869–1916) was a German painter and graphic artist and is regarded as an important representative of Symbolism. The story of the lost drawing begins in 1892 in Rome, where Otto Greiner was staying for an extended period at the time. Two years later, the sheet was purchased for the Kupferstich-Kabinett in Dresden. It was eventually lost in the turmoil of the Second World War.
