Bidspirit auction | Günter Horlbeck

Günter Horlbeck - Günter Horlbeck, Standing female nude. Circa 1983.. Günter Horlbeck 1927 Reichenbach (Vogtland) – 2016 Leipzig Oil on canvas (ironing cloth). Unsigned. Verso on the stretcher extensively dated ”20.8.83” and provided with the estate stamp. Not in WVZ Horlbeck-Kappler / Hölzig, cf. however ”Nude with opulent breasts”, 1981, oil on hardboard, WVZ 154. Provenance: Günther Horlbeck Estate. Dimensions: 100 x 81 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.