Prof. Heinz Werner, Abstraktion in Rot

Prof. Heinz Werner, Abstraktion in Rot
Prof. Heinz Werner, Abstraction in Red
colourful, non-representational composition, watercolour on watercolour board, c. 2000, stamp on reverse "H. Werner, Neucoswiger Str. 9, 8252 Coswig", minimal studio marks, sheet dimensions c. 42 x 36 cm. Artist's info: Germ. Painter, graphic artist and porcelain artist (1928 Coswig to 2019 Coswig), 1943-53 apprenticeship as porcelain painter, from 1957 decorator at the Staatliche Porzellanmanufaktur Meissen, 1959-62 guest student at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste (HfBK) Dresden, from 1960 member of the collective for artistic development with Peter Strang and Ludwig Zepner, 1967-71 external studies at the HfBK Dresden with Rudolf Bergander and Jutta Damme, Werner developed more than 100 decorations, among them Blue Orchid on Branch, 1001 Nights and Hunter's Latin, also design of murals made of Meissen porcelain, 1973 Art Award of the GDR, from 1978 professor at the Burg Giebichenstein College of Art and Design in Halle, 2009 appointed honorary citizen of Coswig. Source: Eisold "Künstler in der DDR" and Wikipedia.