# Otto Hettner

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**Hermann Otto Hettner** (27 January 1875, in [Dresden](/source/Dresden) – 19 April 1931, in Dresden) was a German painter, illustrator, engraver, and sculptor, and a professor at the [Dresden Academy of Fine Arts](/source/Dresden_Academy_of_Fine_Arts).

## Life

Otto Hettner was the son of the literary historian [Hermann Theodor Hettner](/source/Hermann_Theodor_Hettner) (1821–1882) and Anna Hettner (1838–1897), the oldest daughter of German painter [August Grahl](/source/August_Grahl).

At the turn of the century, between 1897 and 1904, Hettner studied at the [Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe](/source/Academy_of_Fine_Arts,_Karlsruhe), with [Robert Pötzelberger](/source/Robert_P%C3%B6tzelberger), and at the [Académie Julian](/source/Acad%C3%A9mie_Julian) in [Paris](/source/Paris).

From 1904 to 1911, Hettner lived in [Florence](/source/Florence), where Jeanne Alexandrine Thibert (1878–1958) gave birth to his son Roland Hettner (1905–1978) on 26 October 1905.[1] Roland later worked as an illustrator. In May 1907, Otto Hettner married Jeanne Thibert (1878–1958), a French woman, in London. Shortly thereafter, their daughter [Sabine Hettner](/source/Sabine_Hettner) was born. As an adult, Sabine became a noted painter of landscapes and portraits.

With his family, Hettner returned to Dresden in 1913 and studied at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts. In 1916 he became a member of the executive committee of the [Free Secession](/source/Free_Secession), and the next year he became the director of the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts, where he worked as a professor and president from 1918 to 1927.

Hettner illustrated various books for renowned publishers of the time, including Avalun-Verlag, Marees-Gesellschaft, and Pan-Presse. Among his lithographic works are [Hugo von Hofmannsthal](/source/Hugo_von_Hofmannsthal)’s *Florindo* and [Miguel de Cervantes](/source/Miguel_de_Cervantes)’s *[La Galatea](/source/La_Galatea)* (Avalun-Verlag) and [Heinrich von Kleist](/source/Heinrich_von_Kleist)’s *[The Earthquake in Chile](/source/The_Earthquake_in_Chile)* (Pan-Presse).[2][3]

## Notable works

- Hofmannsthal, Hugo von. *Florindo.* Vienna: Avalun-Verlag, 1923. (illustrated by Hettner)
- Longus. *Daphnis und Chloe.* Munich: Buchenau & Reichert, 1923. (illustrated by Hettner)

## External links

- [Otto Hettner’s works at the Fine Art Museums of San Francisco (FAMSF)](https://art.famsf.org/otto-hettner)
- [Otto Hettner’s works at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)](https://collections.lacma.org/node/152920)
- [Otto Hettner’s works at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)](https://www.moma.org/s/ge/collection_ge/artist/artist_id-36544_thumbs.html)
- [Otto Hettner’s works on Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Otto_Hettner)

## Further reading

- Caspers, Eva. Paul Cassirer und die Pan-Presse : Ein Beitrag zur deutschen Buchillustration und Graphik im 20. Jahrhundert. Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter, 1989.
- “Hettner, Otto.” Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Accessed May 3, 2017. [\[1\]](http://www.oxfordartonline.com/subscriber/article/benezit/B00087152)
- “Hettner, Sabine.” Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Accessed May 3, 2017. [\[2\]](http://www.oxfordartonline.com/subscriber/article/benezit/B00087153)
- Löffler, Fritz. “Hettner, Otto.” Neue Deutsche Biographie, Volume 9. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, 1972.
- Schenkenberg, Tamara. “‘Kriegszeit’ and ‘Der Bildermann,’ agents of German Kultur: Paul Cassirer's flying pages during the First World War.” PhD diss, 2014.

## References

1. ["Rolando Hettner – Leben"](http://www.rolandohettner.it/vita_ted.html). *rolandohettner.it*. Retrieved 2015-01-16.

1. ["Galerie Saxonia: Hettner, Otto (1875-1931)"](http://www.saxonia.com/cgi-bin/dynfs.pl?Kuenstler_liste=/galerie/006922.htm)[dead link]

1. Hiebler, Heinz (2003). [*Hugo von Hofmannsthal und die Medienkultur der Moderne*](https://archive.org/details/hugovonhofmannst0000hieb). Würzburg. ISBN 9783826023408.

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