Heisig, Bernhard (1925 Breslau - 2011 Strodehne)

Lot 9511 limit € 80

Lithograph, self-portrait, signed in lead on the right below the depiction, signs of age (including browned, creased), sheet approx. 53 x 39 cm, 1948 studied at the University of Applied Sciences in Leipzig, 1949 studied at the Academy for Graphic Art and Book Trade in Leipzig , which he breaks off in 1951, 1951-54 freelance in Leipzig, 1956-59 chairman VBK in the district of Leipzig, 1961-64 professor and head of the HGB Leipzig, 1964 dismissed as rector because of his criticism of the cultural policy of the GDR, 1964-68 head of the Graphics and painting department of the HGB, 1968 resignation and subsequent freelance work, since 1970 numerous awards and exhibitions, including the 2005/06 exhibition "Bernhard Heisig - the anger of pictures" in Düsseldorf, Leipzig, Berlin and Breslau, Bernhard Heisig counts alongside Werner Tübke and Wolfgang Mattheuer are among the most important representatives of the Leipzig School