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9087 - A total of 40 works on paper—watercolors, ink, chalk, and pencil drawings from the artist’s estate—mostly FIGURATIVE SCENES depicting everyday life in the GDR during the 1960s, including scenes at work or in the LPG, street scenes, gatherings, Baltic Sea landscapes, and cultural events; some monogrammed “MIG”; each bears an estate stamp on the reverse; signs of age, including discoloration; some with minor tears at the edges; slight staining; sheet size up to approx. 47 x 52 cm; 1937–41: Trained in fashion illustration; subsequently worked as an animation artist; 1944–45 conscripted as a technical draftsman in the arms industry; from 1949 worked as a press illustrator for Berlin daily newspapers and as a book illustrator; married Max Grabowski in 1949, 1950–51: Advanced student under Heinrich Ehmsen at the Berlin Academy of Fine Arts; 1952–54: Graduate student under Alois Kowol at the KHS Berlin-Weißensee; subsequently worked as a freelancer, including as a press illustrator; 1960–65: Employed for cultural-policy projects at VEB Berliner Metallhütten und Halbzeugwerke, including leading an artists’ circle
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A total of 40 works on paper—watercolors, ink, chalk, and pencil drawings from the artist’s estate—mostly FIGURATIVE SCENES depicting everyday life in the GDR during the 1960s, including scenes at work or in the LPG, street scenes, gatherings, Baltic Sea landscapes, and cultural events; some monogrammed “MIG”; each bears an estate stamp on the reverse; signs of age, including discoloration; some with minor tears at the edges; slight staining; sheet size up to approx. 47 x 52 cm; 1937–41: Trained in fashion illustration; subsequently worked as an animation artist; 1944–45 conscripted as a technical draftsman in the arms industry; from 1949 worked as a press illustrator for Berlin daily newspapers and as a book illustrator; married Max Grabowski in 1949, 1950–51: Advanced student under Heinrich Ehmsen at the Berlin Academy of Fine Arts; 1952–54: Graduate student under Alois Kowol at the KHS Berlin-Weißensee; subsequently worked as a freelancer, including as a press illustrator; 1960–65: Employed for cultural-policy projects at VEB Berliner Metallhütten und Halbzeugwerke, including leading an artists’ circle
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