Otto Gerstenberg

In his childhood Gerstenberg lived in Pyritz. Gerstenberg studied mathematics and philosophy in Berlin. Since 1873 Gerstenberg worked as mathematician for assurance Allgemeinen Eisenbahn-Versicherungs-Gesellschaft, which later became German assurance Victoria. In 1888, Gerstenberg became member of supervisory board in that assurance and was since 1891 CEO of the assurance.

In 1884, Gerstenberg married Elise Wilhelmine Winzerling, with her he had two daughters. The family home was first at Großbeerenstraße in Berlin-Kreuzberg and later in Berlin-Lichterfelde. His daughter Margarete married physicist Hans Georg Scharf.

Gerstenberg collected art. During World War II, part of his collection was destroyed and other works were seized from Nazi Germany, ending up in Russian museums.[http://www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/ausstellungen-alt/die-helle-seite-der-nacht/1276860.html Sammlung Scharf-Gerstenberg: Die helle Seite der Nacht] Nicola Kuhn, Der Tagesspiegel, 11 July 2008. Retrieved 14 September 2010. {{in lang|de}}[http://www.focus.de/kultur/kunst/sammlung-scharf-gerstenberg-passion-fuer-die-fantasie_aid_316914.html Sammlung Scharf-Gerstenberg: Passion für die Fantasie] Gudrun Meyer, Focus, 9 July 2008. Retrieved 14 September 2010. {{in lang|de}} His collected paintings went to his daughter, Margarete Scharf, who stored most in the bunker of the Nationalgalerie in Berlin during the war. These were taken to the Soviet Union. Others were put in storage and burned in an air raid.Steven Erlanger (March 30, 1995), [https://www.nytimes.com/1995/03/30/arts/hermitage-in-its-manner-displays-its-looted-art.html Hermitage, in Its Manner, Displays Its Looted Art] New York Times. The surviving artworks remained in family ownership and were inherited by his grandson, Dieter Scharf.[http://www.berlin.de/ba-charlottenburg-wilmersdorf/bezirk/kultur/scharfgerstenberg.html Sammlung Scharf-Gerstenberg - Surreale Welten] State of Berlin homepage. {{in lang|de}}

Gerstenberg is buried at the St. Annen cemetery in Dahlem, Berlin.{{Cite web|title=Otto Gerstenberg (1848-1935) - Find A Grave...|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187791254/otto-gerstenberg|access-date=2020-11-27|website=www.findagrave.com|language=en}}

Honoré Daumier - Der eingebildete Kranke.jpg|Honoré Daumier:
Der eingebildete Kranke
today: Eremitage
Sankt Petersburg

Gustave Courbet - Gustave Mathieu.JPG|Gustave Courbet:
Porträt Gustave Mathieu
today: Sammlung Oskar Reinhart 'Am Römerholz'
Winterthur

Edgar Degas Place de la Concorde.jpg|Edgar Degas:
Place de la Concorde
today: Eremitage
Sankt Petersburg

Manet, Edouard - At the Café, 1878.jpg|Édouard Manet:
Au café
today: Sammlung Oskar Reinhart 'Am Römerholz'
Winterthur

Pierre-Auguste Renoir - In the Garden.jpg|Pierre-Auguste Renoir:
Dans le jardin
today: Eremitage
Sankt Petersburg

Pierre-Auguste Renoir - Woman on a Stair.jpg|Pierre-Auguste Renoir:
Femme sur un escalier
today: Eremitage
Sankt Petersburg

Édouard Manet - Pertuiset, le chasseur de lions.jpg|Édouard Manet:
Pertuiset, the lion hunter
today: Museu de Arte
São Paulo

Lautrec a corner in a dance hall 1892.jpg|Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec:
Un coin du Moulin de la Galette
today: National Gallery
Washington

• Scharf-Gerstenberg Collection

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• {{Cite book|last=Koch|first=Peter|entry=Gerstenberg, Otto|entry-url=https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/pnd118821180.html#ndbcontent|title=Neue Deutsche Biographie|publisher=Duncker & Humblot|year=1964|isbn=3-428-00187-7|volume=6|page=327}}

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