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Albert Ebert, "Die Gespensterlektüre" young man in a dark interior reading a book, surrounded by two small devils, see catalogue raisonné Brade/Stula R 23, etching printed in brown, signed and dated in lead below the image on the right "A. Ebert 1964", numbered "18/20" on the left and titled "Die Gespensterlektüre" in the centre, monogrammed and dated "AE (19)64" in the plate, browned, matted and framed behind glass. Artist information: German painter and graphic artist (1907 Halle/Saale to 1976 Halle/Saale), considered the most important naive artist of the GDR, 1921 began an unfinished apprenticeship as a bricklayer, then worked as an occasional and unskilled labourer until 1939, including 1928-34 as a self-employed wool merchant and as a furniture carrier, construction worker, market assistant etc., 1939-45 military service in the 2. After being wounded and captured, he spent time in a military hospital, where he discovered painting as a vocation, 1946-47 studied at the "Burg Giebichenstein" art academy in Halle under Charles Crodel and Waldemar Grzimek, largely self-taught, from 1947 construction worker and 1948 temporary trainee in restoration techniques at the Moritzburg State Gallery in Halle, 1948 first exhibition participation with the artists' association "Die Fähre" and freelance painter until 1951, from 1951 member of the Association of Visual Artists (VBK) of the GDR, 1951-52 restoration course with Kurt Bunge, 1954-56 worked as a stoker at Burg Giebichenstein and construction worker in Halle, from 1956 freelance in Halle with the support of friends and a scholarship from the CDU (GDR), 1973 honoured with the Art Prize of the City of Halle, took part in the art exhibitions of the GDR from 1958-77, source: Vollmer, Eisold "Artists in the GDR", picture atlas "Art in the GDR" and Wikipedia.

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Albert Ebert, "Die Gespensterlektüre" young man in a dark interior reading a book, surrounded by two small devils, see catalogue raisonné Brade/Stula R 23, etching printed in brown, signed and dated in lead below the image on the right "A. Ebert 1964", numbered "18/20" on the left and titled "Die Gespensterlektüre" in the centre, monogrammed and dated "AE (19)64" in the plate, browned, matted and framed behind glass. Artist information: German painter and graphic artist (1907 Halle/Saale to 1976 Halle/Saale), considered the most important naive artist of the GDR, 1921 began an unfinished apprenticeship as a bricklayer, then worked as an occasional and unskilled labourer until 1939, including 1928-34 as a self-employed wool merchant and as a furniture carrier, construction worker, market assistant etc., 1939-45 military service in the 2. After being wounded and captured, he spent time in a military hospital, where he discovered painting as a vocation, 1946-47 studied at the "Burg Giebichenstein" art academy in Halle under Charles Crodel and Waldemar Grzimek, largely self-taught, from 1947 construction worker and 1948 temporary trainee in restoration techniques at the Moritzburg State Gallery in Halle, 1948 first exhibition participation with the artists' association "Die Fähre" and freelance painter until 1951, from 1951 member of the Association of Visual Artists (VBK) of the GDR, 1951-52 restoration course with Kurt Bunge, 1954-56 worked as a stoker at Burg Giebichenstein and construction worker in Halle, from 1956 freelance in Halle with the support of friends and a scholarship from the CDU (GDR), 1973 honoured with the Art Prize of the City of Halle, took part in the art exhibitions of the GDR from 1958-77, source: Vollmer, Eisold "Artists in the GDR", picture atlas "Art in the GDR" and Wikipedia.

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