Heisig, Bernhard (1925 Breslau - 2011 Strodehne)

Lot 9060 limit € 120

Color lithograph on light cardboard, girl in an armchair (1963), signed in lead below the depiction, a small tear on the lower edge of the sheet, cardboard format approx graphic arts and book trade in Leipzig, which he discontinued in 1951, 1951-54 freelance in Leipzig, 1956-59 chairman of the VBK in the district of Leipzig, 1961-64 professor and rector of the HGB Leipzig, 1964 dismissed as rector because of his criticism of the cultural policy of the GDR, 1964-68 Head of the Department of Graphics and Painting at the HGB, 1968 resignation and subsequent freelance work, is one of the most important representatives of the Leipzig School, along with Werner Tübke and Wolfgang Mattheuer, and one of the most important representatives of GDR art. His students include Arno Rink and Neo Rauch