Sitting cat. Astrid Dannegger. Around 1980. Astrid Dannegger 1940 Müllrose near Frankfurt Oder. Porcelain, glazed and incised. Unsigned. Cf. the almost identical motifs: Staatlicher Kunsthandel der DDR: Studio-Galerie, PGH Volkskunst an der Ostsee, Ausstellungsheft 9.-30.12.1980, unpaginiert, mit Abb. Isolated fire cracks in the area of the head, the back, the paws and the bow. A leather band glued around the underside. Measures: H. 30,5 cm. Astrid Dannegger 1940 Müllrose near Frankfurt Oder 1956-59 Attended the Workers' and Peasants' Faculty at the HfBK Dresden. 1959 Abitur. 1959-1960 Internship at the stoneware factory in Torgau. 1961-66 Studies at the Berlin-Weißensee Art Academy with Wolfgang Henze and Rudolf Kaiser, specialising in ceramics. From 1966 freelance artist and member of the VBK. 1974-90 Founding member of the College of Visual Artists "Schaddelmühle", since 1978 chairwoman of the college. 1976 prize at the exhibition "Young Artists of the GDR". 1981/82 Working stay in the studio of the State Porcelain Manufactory Meissen. 1991 Relocation to Morgenitz on Usedom, opening of her own workshop and organisation of annual ceramics markets.