3884 - Albert Ebert, collection of prints

Albert Ebert, collection of prints four works, including ‘Lady with a Fan and Seated Woman’, lithograph, Brade/Stula catalogue raisonné L18; ‘Mother with Child III/The Conversation’, etching, Brade/Stula R28; ‘At the Photographer’s’, etching, Brade/Stula R33; and ‘Lovers’, etching, Brade/Stula R35, posthumous prints, each bearing the estate signature of Else Ebert; each work framed with a passe-partout and under glass, image dimensions max. approx. 14.5 x 23.5 cm. Artist information: German painter and graphic artist (1907 Halle/Saale - 1976 Halle/Saale), regarded as the most significant naïve artist of the GDR, In 1921, he began an apprenticeship as a bricklayer which he did not complete; subsequently, until 1939, he worked as a casual and unskilled labourer, including, amongst other things, as a self-employed woollen goods trader from 1928 to 1934, as well as a furniture porter, construction worker, market assistant, etc., 1939-45: served in the Second World War; following injury and captivity, spent time in a military hospital, where he discovered painting as his calling; 1946-47: studied at the “Burg Giebichenstein” in Halle under Charles Crodel and Waldemar Grzimek; largely self-taught; from 1947, worked as a construction worker and, in 1948, spent some time as a trainee in restoration techniques at the Landesgalerie Moritzburg in Halle; In 1948, he took part in his first exhibition with the artists’ collective “Die Fähre” and worked as a freelance painter until 1951; from 1951, he was a member of the Association of Visual Artists (VBK) of the GDR; in 1951-52, he undertook a restoration course with Kurt Bunge, 1954-56: worked as a stoker at Giebichenstein Castle and as a construction worker in Halle; from 1956: worked as a freelance artist in Halle with the support of friends and a scholarship from the CDU (GDR), In 1973, he was honoured with the City of Halle Art Prize; between 1958 and 1977, he took part in art exhibitions in the GDR. Source: Vollmer, Eisold, *Artists in the GDR*, the illustrated atlas *Art in the GDR* and Wikipedia.