Sitte, Willi (1921 Katzau - 2013 Halle)

Lot 9540 limit € 110

Print after a chalk drawing in black-brown on handmade paper, thank you card, many, many thanks for the many, many congratulations on the occasion of my 60th, signed and dated (19)81 lower right, slightly creased, sheet in the middle with a fold designed as a folded card, Overall dimensions approx. 22 x 31 cm, painter and graphic artist, from 1936 attended the art school in Reichenberg, 1940 master school in Kronenburg, after military service 1945/46 worked as a freelance artist in Milan, 1947 moved to Halle, member of the Halle artist association Die Fähre, since 1950 member of the VBK, 1951 lecturer at the later University 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 six staff exhibitions ments in the old federal states, 1953/54 Art Prize of the City of Halle, 1964 Art Prize of the GDR, 1966 Burda Prize, 1979 National Prize I. Class, 2007 Citizens' Prize of the City of Halle The donkey that walks on roses, 2008 Art Prize of the City of Halle, 2006 opening of the Willi -Custom Gallery Merseburg