3828 - Armin Müller-Stahl, Thomas Mann

Armin Müller-Stahl, Thomas Mann Portrait of the German Nobel Prize winner, colour lithograph on vellum, early 21st century, signed ‘M-Stahl’ in lead below the image on the right and numbered "19/120", embossed stamp of the lithographer Christian Müller in the lower left-hand corner of the sheet, mounted under a passe-partout, image dimensions approx. 39 x 28 cm, sheet dimensions approx. 54 x 40 cm. Artist’s biography: German actor, painter, musician and writer (born in 1930 in Tilsit, East Prussia), in 1938 the family moved to Prenzlau; studied music at the Municipal Conservatoire in Berlin and qualified as a music teacher; from 1952 a member of the ensemble at the Theater am Schiffbauerdamm, Moved to the Volksbühne in 1954; began working in film from 1960, left the GDR in 1980; from the late 1980s, he also took on roles in Hollywood; in 1990, he received widespread acclaim for his role in the film ‘Avalon’, In 1992, he was awarded the Silver Bear for the film ‘Utz’, 1997: Nominated for an Oscar; played the lead role of Thomas Mann in the three-part series ‘Die Manns - Ein Jahrhundertroman’; from 2001: Exhibited his drawings and prints; 2009: Elected to the University Council of the Rostock University of Music and Drama; Source: Wikipedia.