Bidspirit auction | Günter Horlbeck

Günter Horlbeck - Günter Horlbeck ”Sign for Bull Man”. 1994.. Günter Horlbeck 1927 Reichenbach (Vogtland) – 2016 Leipzig Latex and oil on laminated Japanese paper on hardboard. Monogrammed and dated lower left ”GH 94”. Extensively inscribed on the reverse. Framed in a brown strip. WVZ Horlbeck-Kappler 362. Frame slightly bumped. The work has not been unframed. Dimensions: 60.5 x 50.5 cm, frame 73 x 63 cm. Günter Horlbeck 1927 Reichenbach (Vogtland) – 2016 Leipzig German painter and graphic artist. Completed an apprenticeship as a lithographer from 1942–47, which was interrupted by conscription into the military. He then studied until 1951 at the Academy of Visual Arts 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.