Eberhard Werner
Encyclopedia
Fritz Eberhard Werner (* 8. August 1924 in Glogau/Schlesien; † 23. September 2002 in Lübbecke
) was a German artist
and landscapist.
was cured, he became a teacher in the GDR in Gransee and studied Art in Erfurt
.
Although he was quite successful as an artist, he left the GDR in 1959 due to the political-artistic restrictions.
Werner was reluctant to accept the commercialization of art.
Lübbecke
Lübbecke is a town in northeast North Rhine-Westphalia in north Germany. This former county town lies on the northern slopes of the Wiehen Hills and has around 26,000 inhabitants. The town is in the Eastwestphalian district of Minden-Lübbecke...
) was a German artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
and landscapist.
Life
Eberhard Werner was the son of the newspaper publisher and printer Friedrich Werner. After his battlefield injury that stemmed from the World War IIWorld War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
was cured, he became a teacher in the GDR in Gransee and studied Art in Erfurt
Erfurt
Erfurt is the capital city of Thuringia and the main city nearest to the geographical centre of Germany, located 100 km SW of Leipzig, 150 km N of Nuremberg and 180 km SE of Hannover. Erfurt Airport can be reached by plane via Munich. It lies in the southern part of the Thuringian...
.
Although he was quite successful as an artist, he left the GDR in 1959 due to the political-artistic restrictions.
Werner was reluctant to accept the commercialization of art.