Oskar Zwintscher (1870-1916) was a German painter. He is often associated with the Jugendstil movement.
From 1887-1890 he studied at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig and, from 1890-1892 was a student of Leon Pohle and Ferdinand Pauwels at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts.
After his studies, he became a free-lance painter in Meißen, where he received a stipendium, awarded to Saxon painters by the "Munkeltsche Legat". This enabled him to work for three years with no financial worries.
In 1898, he presented his first large collection of paintings to the public.
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.
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