Ernst Otto Köpke

Life & Legacy

Ernst Otto Köpke, also EO Köpke (November 19, 1914 in Diez - August 16, 2009 in Hamburg] was a German painter and graphic artist. His oeuvre, spanning a creative period of 70 years from 1934 to 2004, is very diverse. In addition to its main focus on stained glass, paintings and print graphics it also includes numerous works of commercial art, art in architecture, mosaics, book illustration as well as sketches (designs) for liturgical paraphernalia, for jewellery and for ceramic sculptures.
The given name Ernst Otto were never used by the artist himself, but were always combined into E.O. or EO. This applied both to the verbal form of address and to his signature. He would sign his works with EOK or, more rarely, EOKöpke.