Sitte, Willi (1921 Kratzau - 2013 Halle)

Lot 9068 limit € 70

Woodcut, Evil Bird Flight, later print (probably 2003) of a woodcut from 1948, monogrammed Si under the print on the left in lead, printed signature on the right, image approx. 41 x 26.5 cm, sheet approx. 48 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 of 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 retired, 1986-89 member of the Central Committee of the SED, 1992 six personal exhibitions in the old federal states, 1953/54 art prize of the city of Halle, 1964 Kunstp East Germany, 1966 Burda Prize, 1979 National Prize 1st 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-Sitte-Galerie Merseburg