Exhibition poster from the opening exposition of Gallery at Sachsenplatz in Leipzig, amongst others with works of Bernhard Heisig, Leipzig, 1972.
ARTIST:
Bernhard Heisig, 1925 - 2011, is a German painter of the so called Leipzig School (of art).
His apprenticeship in painting he received by his father Walter Heisig. After serving as soldier in World War II and dropping out his art studies, Heisig became tutor at the Academy of Visual Arts in Leipzig. Some years later he appointed professor and director of the Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig, whose function he exercised with interrupts till 1987. During his teaching activity he educated painters like Arno Rink and Neo Rauch. Heisig also appointed for some years chairman of the Association of Visual Artists of the GDR.
DESCRIPTION:
Exhibition poster of the opening exposition of Gallery at Sachsenplatz in Leipzig in 1972. The poster is illustrated with a lithograph of Walter Heisig.
SIZE:
leaf about w 47,5 cm x h 71,8 cm
CONDITION:
- very good condition
- paper with minimal age toning
- edges with folds and margins sporadic with minimal damages
