Vase with Chinese figures and peonies. Horst Skorupa. 1980. Horst Georg Skorupa1941 Breslau - 2004 Schaddel near Leipzig Ceramic, light red body, painted with dark brown, light blue and dark green engobe, incised. A bulbous body over a round cross-section, the two sides with a male and a female Chinese figure, between them two depictions of peonies. Monogrammed "H.S." on the underside in black fibre pen. Lit.: Arthur Sundau (ed.), Rainer Behrends (ed.): Keramik. Publikation für Töpfer, Sammler und Museen, Heft 28, Leipzig 1990, No. 36 und 37, mit Abb. Dimensions: H. 33 cm. Horst Georg Skorupa 1941 Breslau - 2004 Schaddel near Leipzig German ceramist. 1961-63 Study of painting at the art academy in Berlin-Weißensee. From 1973 member of the VBK. 1974 co-founder of the artists' college "Schaddelmühle", until 1978 chairman of the college. 1975 Participation in the 1st International Artists' Symposium of the GDR. 1976 Prize in the exhibition "Young Artists of the GDR". 1981/82 Working stay in the studio of the State Porcelain Manufactory Meissen. From 1991 runs a joint studio with Martin Gruner in Schaddel. 1992 End of his work due to health problems. Some of Skorupa's works are in the Museum of Applied Art in Gera.