Sitte, Willi (1921 Kratzau - 2013 Halle)

Lot 9024 limit € 120

Lithograph, couple embracing, signed and dated (19)78 in lead under the print, signs of age (among other things irregularly browned, creased at the edge), image approx. 47 x 32 cm, sheet approx. 70 x 50 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 for 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 retired, 1986-89 member of the Central Committee of the SED, 2006 opening of the Willi-Sitte-Galerie Merseburg // DDR-Kunst