Oskar Zwintscher

From 1887 to 1890 he studied at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig and, from 1890 to 1892 was a student of Leon Pohle and Ferdinand Pauwels at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts.

That same year, he was a prizewinner at a contest held by the entrepreneur Ludwig Stollwerck to select artists for a new line of trading cards.

Four years later he, in turn, became a judge at a contest held by Stollwerck and Otto Henkell, selecting illustrations to use in joint advertising campaigns for their chocolate, cocoa and champagne.

[2] In 1902, at the invitation of his friend Rainer Maria Rilke, he spent some time at the art colony in Worpswede.

His style has been likened to a contemporary version of Holbein or Cranach, but also contains elements of Art Nouveau.