Werner Tübke
Werner Tübke (30 July 1929 – 27 May 2004) was a German painter, best known for his monumental Peasants' War Panorama located in Bad Frankenhausen. Associated with the Leipzig School, he is "one of the few East German artists who gained recognition in West Germany."
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Werner Tübke
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- Name
- Werner Tübke
- Born
- 30 July 1929
- Birthplace
- Schönebeck, Germany
- Died
- 27 May 2004
- Place of death
- Leipzig, Germany
- Known for
- painting
- Movement
- Leipzig School, Magical Realism
- Nationality
- Germany and German Democratic Republic.
- Occupation
- painter, university teacher, photographer, graphic artist and teacher.
- Fields
- portrait.
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Werner Tübke (30 July 1929 – 27 May 2004) was a German painter, best known for his monumental Peasants' War Panorama located in Bad Frankenhausen. Associated with the Leipzig School, he is "one of the few East German artists who gained recognition in West Germany."
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Werner Tübke (1929–2004) was a graphic artist, painter and photographer, among other activities and a national of German Democratic Republic and Germany. Born in Schönebeck, the graphic artist died in Leipzig.
Werner Tübke studied at University of Greifswald. The graphic artist was a member of Academy of Arts of the GDR and Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts and worked in Italy and Leipzig. Werner Tübke was active in graphics and painting.
Works include Peasants' War Panorama Museum. Genres include portrait. Languages used include German. The graphic artist received National Prize of East Germany, Order of Karl Marx and Osgar.
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• Name — Werner Tübke • Born — 30 July 1929 • Birthplace — Schönebeck, Germany • Died — 27 May 2004 • Place of death — Leipzig, Germany • Known for — painting • Movement — Leipzig School, Magical Realism • Notable Works — Early Bourgeois Revolution in Germany, also known as Peasants' War Panorama
Early Bourgeois Revolution in Germany
Early Bourgeois Revolution in Germany
Tübke's magnum opus, Early Bourgeois Revolution in Germany, has a size of 14 m by 123 m. It depicts a scene from the German Peasants' War, which took place from 1524 to 1525.
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Werner Tübke is recorded with the occupation university teacher. Recorded with the occupation graphic artist. Classed in the genre portrait. Recorded as painter, university teacher, photographer and graphic artist.
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1929
Werner Tübke was born on 1 January 1929.
1976
Peasants' War Panorama Museum is dated 1976.
2004
Werner Tübke died on 1 January 2004.
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The authorities additionally record the headings Werner Tubke and Werner Tüpke. His recorded language was German. One child is recorded: Claudia Tübke. Tübke worked in painting and graphics. He belonged to Academy of Arts of the GDR and Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. He worked at Leipzig and Italy. Tübke received Order of Karl Marx, National Prize of East Germany and Osgar.
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Städel Museum, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Slovak National Gallery and Neue Nationalgalerie
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