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Otto Hermann Petzold

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John Dilworth

Otto Hermann Born 1906 Bremerhaven Germany. Son of Ernst Hermann Petzold, above. Studied with his grandfather August Hermann Petzold in Markneukirchen. Worked for Frederick Markert in New York with Theodore Paulus. Returned to Bremerhaven 1926. Early work of commercial type on classical Italian models, often unlabelled. Personal model adopted 1927. Golden yellow to deep red varnish of his own preparation.

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