Sitte, Willi (1921 Katzau - 2013 Halle)

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Lithograph in brown on gray paper, harpy over a town, signed and dated (19)92 in the print lower left, slight signs of age, sheet approx. 42 x 29 cm, painter and graphic artist, from 1936 attended the art school in Reichenberg, 1940 master school in Kronenburg, worked as a freelance artist in Milan after military service in 1945/46, moved to Halle in 1947, member of the Halle artist association Die Fähre, since 1950 member of the VBK, 1951 lecturer at the later HS for industrial design in Halle, Burg Giebichenstein, since 1959 ibid. professorship, from 1972 director of the Fine and Applied Arts section, since 1974 head of the master class, 1969 member of the Academy of Arts, from 1974 president of the VBK, 1977 participation in the documenta 6 in Kassel, 1986 retirement, 1986-89 member of the Central Committee of the SED, 1992 6 personal exhibitions in the old federal states, 2008 art prize of the city of Halle, 2006 opening of the Willi-Sitte-Galerie Merseburg