Prof. Heinz Werner, Dame in Weiß

Prof. Heinz Werner, Dame in Weiß
Prof. Heinz Werner, Lady in White
Young woman in a white robe, holding a candle, in front of a colourful background, mixed media (opaque white and watercolour) on watercolour board, c. 1990, signed in pencil lower right "Heinz Werner", stamp on reverse "H. Werner, Neucoswiger Str. 9, 8252 Coswig", slight studio marks, sheet dimensions c. 48.5 x 29 cm. Artist's info: Germ. Painter, graphic artist and porcelain artist (1928 Coswig to 2019 Coswig), 1943-53 apprenticeship as porcelain painter, from 1957 decorator at the Staatliche Porzellanmanufaktur Meissen, 1959-62 guest student at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste (HfBK) Dresden, from 1960 member of the collective for artistic development with Peter Strang and Ludwig Zepner, 1967-71 external studies at the HfBK Dresden with Rudolf Bergander and Jutta Damme, Werner developed more than 100 decorations, among them Blue Orchid on Branch, 1001 Nights and Hunter's Latin, also design of murals made of Meissen porcelain, 1973 Art Prize of the GDR, from 1978 professor at the Burg Giebichenstein College of Art and Design in Halle, 2009 appointed honorary citizen of Coswig. Source: Eisold "Künstler in der DDR" and Wikipedia.