Sitte, Willi (1921 Katzau - lives in Halle)

Lot 2043 limit € 30

2 lithographs in total, each with thanks with caricatures by the artist, 1 x in brown on gray paper, on the occasion of the 65th birthday, inscribed, signed and dated (19)65 in the print, with a handwritten dedication on the reverse, with 1 x on the occasion of his 60th birthday, signed and dated (19)81 in the print, each folded, each with minor signs of age, sheet up to approx. 31 x 44 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 artists' association "Die Fähre", 1951 lecturer at what later became the College 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, 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, 1992 six personal exhibitions in the old federal states, received numerous prizes and honors, 2006 opening of the Willi-Sitte-Galerie Merseburg