Willy Wittig

Willy Wittig (born April 26, 1902 in Chemnitz , † September 15, 1977 in Karl-Marx-Stadt ) was a German painter , graphic artist and illustrator .

Life

Willy Wittig acquired his artistic skills largely self- taught. He worked as a freelancer from 1932 to 1940. From 1940 to 1945 he worked as a commercial clerk. From 1952 to 1962 Wittig taught painting and graphics at the Volkshochschule Karl-Marx-Stadt and from 1950 to 1970 was head of a circle for artistic folk creation . Together with Rudi Gruner , Will Schestak and Gerhard Klampäckel , he designed the new cultural beginning in Karl-Marx-Stadt. Wittig was a member of the Association of Visual Artists of the GDR .

Works

• 1947 In the Cafe am Ofen, watercolor
• Carnival and ruins, watercolor
• Yellow laugh, watercolor
• Red chestnuts, watercolor
• Sunflowers, watercolor
• Insect on the window, watercolor

Exhibitions

• 1948 to 1958 Central Saxon Art Exhibition, Karl-Marx-Stadt
• 1963 Exhibition 10 years of architecture, fine arts and visual folk creation in Karl-Marx-Stadt
• 1974 district art exhibition Karl-Marx-Stadt
• 1984 retrospective 1945–1984 , Karl-Marx-Stadt

literature

• Wittig, Willy . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 5 : V-Z. Supplements: A-G . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1961, p. 155 .
• Rudolf Pakulla: Artist in Karl-Marx-Stadt . Henschelverlag Art and Society, Berlin 1981, DNB  810693585 .
• Council of the District of Karl-Marx-Stadt, Dept. of Culture; District art center (ed.): Retrospective 1945 - 1984 . Fine arts in the Karl-Marx-Stadt district, exhibition on the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the GDR from September 28, 1984 to February 14, 1985. Druckhaus, Karl-Marx-Stadt 1984, DNB  20982235X .
• Dietmar Eisold (Ed.): Lexicon artists in the GDR . New Life, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-355-01761-9 , pp. 1039 .