4090 - Karl Krug, Three etchings

Karl Krug, Three etchings entitled ‘An der Unstrut’, 1962; ‘Alte Weiden’, 1978 and ‘Aus Norwegen’, 1978, typical works by the gifted etcher, each signed ‘Karl Krug’ in pencil to the right beneath the image, slight signs of ageing, each framed behind glass, image dimensions max. approx. 32 x 29 cm. Artist information: German painter and printmaker (1900, Leipzig - 1983, Leipzig), conscripted into military service in 1918; from 1921 a student at the Academy of Graphic Arts and Book Trade; 1925-31 studied at the Academy in Leipzig under Alois Kolb, Bruno Héroux and Paul Horst Schulze; from 1939 a soldier in the Wehrmacht; deployed in Norway from 1941; held as a prisoner of war there from 1945; the impressions gathered there had a strong influence on his later work; In 1943, his studio was destroyed during air raids; returned to Leipzig in 1947, 1950-65: senior assistant and lecturer at the Academy of Graphic Arts and Book Design and head of the workshop for etching and copperplate engraving; from 1952 a member of the VBK (Association of Visual Artists) of the GDR; from 1965 worked as a freelance painter and graphic artist, Source: Eisold, ‘Artists in the GDR’, Wikipedia.