Sitte, Willi (1921 Kratzau - 2013 Halle)

Lot 9041 limit € 80

Lithograph, verso inscribed LMW-Gießer, study on the light metal works, signed in lead below, dated (19)76 and limited 3/25, behind glass framed in a passe-partout, minor signs of age, sheet section approx. 65 x 44 cm, with framing approx. 95 x 75 cm, attended art school in Reichenberg from 1936, master school in Kronenburg in 1940, worked as a freelance artist in Milan after military service in 1945/46, moved to Halle in 1947, was a member of the Halle artist association Die Fähre, and has been a member of the VBK since 1950 , 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 documenta 6 in Kassel, 1986 retirement, 1986-89 member of the Central Committee of the SED, 2006 opening of the Willi-Sitte-Galerie Merseburg // DDR-Kunst