Sitte, Willi (1921 Katzau - 2013 Halle)

Lot 1514 limit € 30

Lithograph in brown, female nude, signed and dated (19)92 in the lower right in the print, sheet from the "Träume" portfolio, published in a limited edition in 1992, sheet approx. 42 x 29 cm, painter and graphic artist, attended art school from 1936 in Reichenberg, 1940 master school in Kronenburg, after 1945 worked as a freelance artist in Milan, 1947 moved to Halle, member of the Halle artists' association "Die Fähre", since 1950 member of the VBK, 1951 lecturer at the later Hochschule für Industrieformgestaltung 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, 1953/54 art prize of the city of Halle, 1964 art prize of the GDR, 1979 national prize 1st class, 2008 art prize of the city of Halle