Heisig, Bernhard (1925 Breslau - 2011 Strodehne)

Lot 9061 limit € 60

Fiber pen on cardboard, portrait drawing, thank you card on the occasion of the artist's 60th birthday, signed and numbered 60 in the drawing, rs. printed, slightly creased, folded card, format approx. 15 x 10 cm, 1948 studied at the FS for applied arts in Leipzig, from 1949 at the Academy for Graphic Arts and Book Trade in Leipzig, which he dropped out in 1951, 1951-54 freelance in Leipzig, 1956 -59 Chairman VBK in the Leipzig district, 1961-64 professor and rector of the HGB Leipzig, 1964 dismissed as rector due to his criticism of the cultural policy of the GDR, 1964-68 head of the graphics and painting department of the HGB, 1968 termination with subsequent freelance work, Along with Werner Tübke and Wolfgang Mattheuer, is one of the most important representatives of the Leipzig School and one of the most important representatives of GDR art. His students include Arno Rink and Neo Rauch // GDR Art, Saxon Artists