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OTTO AXER (b.1906- d. 1983)
Polish painter, set designer, educator. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, among others under Wojciech Weiss. After graduations he went on scholarship to Paris. When he came back he worked as a set designer in Warsaw, ?ód?, Cracow and Lviv. During the World War II he was taken to Warsaw ghetto but he managed to escape. He took part in the Warsaw Uprising. When the Uprising failed, he was sent to Stalag XI-A Altengrabow and stayed there until the end of the war. In 1949 he settled down in Warsaw where he worked for the Polish Theatre. In 1979 he was awarded with the title of Distinguished Member of the Association of Polish Artists. He practiced painting and graphic arts.
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Polish painter, set designer, educator. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, among others under Wojciech Weiss. After graduations he went on scholarship to Paris. When he came back he worked as a set designer in Warsaw, ?ód?, Cracow and Lviv. During the World War II he was taken to Warsaw ghetto but he managed to escape. He took part in the Warsaw Uprising. When the Uprising failed, he was sent to Stalag XI-A Altengrabow and stayed there until the end of the war. In 1949 he settled down in Warsaw where he worked for the Polish Theatre. In 1979 he was awarded with the title of Distinguished Member of the Association of Polish Artists. He practiced painting and graphic arts.
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When was Otto Axer born?
The year of birth of the artist is: 1906