Hermann Glöckner "Female bust in orange sweater". Around 1950. Hermann Glöckner1889 Cotta/ Dresden - 1987 Berlin (West). Tempera on MDF-plate. Unsigned. Verso on the lower left with the estate stamp (faded) as well as with the estate no. "528" in pencil by another hand, on the upper right illegibly inscribed in pencil. Within the picture u.r. a shining through writing of the picture carrier (inherent to the work). Overall somewhat dusty and scratched, partially with small losses of the painting layer (upper margin in the area of the background). At the upper right margin a deep L-shaped scratch (ca. 3 cm). Margins and corners slightly rubbed and partially with pressure marks due to framing. O.l. inconspicuous water stains and in shoulder height l. a brownish spot. Pastosity in the pullover inconspicuously pressed. Dimensions: 70 x 50 cm. Hermann Glöckner 1889 Cotta/ Dresden - 1987 Berlin (West) 1903 trade school in Leipzig, 1904-07 apprenticeship as pattern draughtsman, besides attendance of the school of arts and crafts in evening studies. From 1909 freelance artist. 1915-18 war service. 1923 admission to the Dresden Art Academy with Otto Gußmann. Since 1926 regular exhibitions. Due to the beginning of the war, he increasingly works on buildings. After 1945 occupation with free abstraction, trying out different printing techniques. Since 1959 also sculptural works. From 1979 permanent visa for the FRG, 1986 honorary membership of the "Deutscher Künstlerbund".