Curt Querner
Curt Querner (1904–1976) was a German painter.
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Curt Querner
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- Born
- 1904 · Börnchen.
- Died
- 1976 · Kreischa.
- Nationality
- German Democratic Republic
- Occupation
- painter · draftsperson
- Teachers
- Otto Dix
- Honours
- National Prize of East Germany
- Languages
- German
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Querner was born in Börnchen, a village in Saxony not far south of Dresden (later incorporated into Possendorf, which today is part of Bannewitz). The son of a shoemaker, he trained in metalworking and worked for a time as a factory mechanic (Fabrikschlosser). From 1926 to 1930 Querner studied at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts. He exhibited for the first time at the Galerie Junge Kunst, of Józef Sandel, in Dresden.
Geburtshaus des Malers Curt Querner (1904-1976) in Börnchen bei Possendorf in Sachsen, Curt-Querner-Gasse 4
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Gedenktafel am Geburtshaus des Malers Curt Querner (1904-1976) in Börnchen bei Possendorf in Sachsen, Curt-Querner-Gasse 4
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1904
Curt Querner was born in 1904 at Börnchen.
1976
Curt Querner died in 1976 at Kreischa.
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- 1.Curt Querner. 2011. 978-3-942422-57-4.
- 2.Manja Seelen. Curt Querner. 1995. 3-8258-2531-0.
- 3.Martin Papenbrock, Gabriele Saure (Hrsg.): Kunst des frühen 20. Jahrhunderts in deutschen Ausstellungen. Teil 1. Ausstellungen deutsche Gegenwartskunst in der NS-Zeit. VDG, Weimar, 2000.
- 4.Horst Seim: Was uns bleibt: Erinnerungen an ein erfülltes Leben. Zwiebelzwerg Verlag, Willebadessen, 2013, S. 112/113.
- 5.100 Dresdner des 20. Jahrhunderts. 1999-12-31.
- 6.Curt Querner. Online Collection.
- 7.Siegfried Huth. Curt Querner. 1972.
- 8.Neue Sachlichkeit in Dresden. 2011. 978-3-942422-57-4.
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Curt Querner received National Prize of East Germany.
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