Heinz Zander "Mittagshexe und der Meister des Dreiklangs". 1985. Heinz Zander1939 Wolfen - lives in Leipzig. Oil on hardboard. Monogrammed "HZ" and dated in the image on the lower right and signed again below the image "Zander" and dated on the lower right and titled on the left. Framed as a tondo in a black wooden frame, covering the unpainted parts. Below the frame cover distinct brown foxing spots as well as dirt deposits. Different surface gloss due to the painting technique. Painting layer with a few tiny retouchings. Verso hardboard foxing. Dimensions: Depicted. Tondo ca. 41 x 41 cm, hardboard 60,4 x 50 cm, r. 68 x 62,3 cm. Heinz Zander 1939 Wolfen - lives in Leipzig Painter, graphic artist, illustrator, author and representative of the Leipzig School. 1959-64 studied at the Academy of Visual Arts in Leipzig under Bernhard Heisig. Subsequently studied with Fritz Cremer at the Academy of Arts in Berlin until 1967. Freelance work in Leipzig, since 1965 also author of novels, stories and essays. Illustrations were created for Ludwig Bechstein's "Hexengeschichten" (1986), Bertolt Brecht's "Die heilige Johanna der Schlachthöfe" (1968), among others. In his painting technique (coloured resin-oil glazes) Zander refers to Old Masters such as Hieronymus Bosch, Grünewald, Altdorfer and in his formal language to the Italian Mannerists (such as Pontormo and Bronzino). Altenburg, Erfurt, Leipzig and Bad Frankenhausen showed several solo exhibitions over fifty years.