Willy Jäger, Bridge at the Waldbach. Probably 1970s. Willy Jäger1912 Bernburg a.d. Saale - 1981 Uettingen, Würzburg Oil on canvas. Signed u.li. "W.Jäger". Framed in a gold-coloured historicizing frame in Louis XV style. Painting layer partially with early shrinkage craquelure. Dimensions: 70 x 60,5 cm, ra. 84,5 x 74,5 cm. Willy Jäger 1912 Bernburg a.d. Saale - 1981 Uettingen, Würzburg Studies at the art academies Leipzig and Dresden with Walter Thiemann and Bruno Heroux. 1941 Joins the Reichskulturkammer der Bildenden Künste. 1945-57 Jäger teaches at various art schools, including Leipzig1949 Goethe Prize. Around 1950 pupil of Oskar Kokoschka in Salzburg. Study trips to Austria, Italy, Spain, France and Africa.

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