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Günter Horlbeck - Günter Horlbeck ”Birds”. 1980.. Günter Horlbeck 1927 Reichenbach (Vogtland) – 2016 Leipzig Oil on fibreboard. Signed and dated lower left ”Horlbeck 80”. Verso comprehensively inscribed. Framed in a grey profile molding. WVZ Horlbeck-Kappler 139. The work has not been unframed. Frame slightly bumped, miter joints slightly opened. Dimensions: 60 x 50 cm, frame 73 x 62.5 cm. Günter Horlbeck 1927 Reichenbach (Vogtland) – 2016 Leipzig German painter and graphic artist. Completed a lithographer apprenticeship from 1942–47, which was interrupted by conscription into the military. Subsequently, he studied until 1951 at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst in Leipzig, under Walter Arnold, Max Schwimmer, and Ernst Hassebrauk. From 1952, friendship with Max Schwimmer. Afterwards, he worked as a freelance artist. Taught from 1952–93 at the HfBK Dresden. His works can be assigned to Abstract Expressionism. Role models were Beckmann, Picasso, and Kandinsky.