Sitte, Willi (1921 Kratzau - 2013 Halle)

Lot 9071 limit € 120

large-format color lithograph in green, shades of brown and black, lovers, signed in lead under the print, dated (19)80 and limited 19/40, minor signs of age, sheet approx. 74 x 64 cm, painter and graphic artist, attended art school from 1936 in Reichenberg, 1940 master school in Kronenburg, after military service in 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 Hochschule für Industrielle Formgestaltung 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 documenta 6 in Kassel, 1986 retirement , 1986-89 member of the Central Committee of the SED, 2006 opening of the Willi-Sitte-Galerie Merseburg