Hanspeter Bethke, Composition with red and white lines. 1984. Hanspeter Bethke1935 Magdeburg - 2018 Saxdorf Mixed technique (among other things printing ink, acrylic?) on paper. O.r. monogrammed "Pb" and dated in black bold crayon. U.r. again signed in lead "P. Bethke" and dated. Verso numbered "II" in lead. Slightly wavy due to the technique. With traces of studio on verso. Dimensions: 69,8 x 49,6 cm. Hanspeter Bethke 1935 Magdeburg - 2018 Saxdorf German painter, graphic artist and restorer. 1954-1959 studied at the Burg Giebichenstein in Halle, among others with Kurt Runge and Willi Sitte. 1959-67 worked as restorer as well as freelance painter and graphic artist. Also works in the field of garden art, including the design of the Saxdorf parish garden. From 1967 in the Association of Visual Artists of the GDR.

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