Werner Tübke (30 July 1929 in

Schönebeck Schönebeck (), officially Schönebeck (Elbe), is a town in the district of Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated on the left bank of the Elbe, approx. southeast of Magdeburg. For much of the twentieth century it was noted ...

, Germany – 27 May 2004 in

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, Germany) was a German painter, best known for his monumental '' Peasants' War Panorama'' located in

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. Associated with the Leipzig School, he is "one of the few East German artists who gained recognition in West Germany."

''Early Bourgeois Revolution in Germany''

Tübke's magnum opus, '' Early Bourgeois Revolution in Germany'', has a size of by .Panorama museum (text in German)
/ref> It depicts a scene from the German Peasants' War, which took place from 1524 to 1525.

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1929 births 2004 deaths People from Schönebeck People from the Province of Saxony Recipients of the National Prize of East Germany German contemporary artists East German artists Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig faculty Artists from Leipzig {{Germany-artist-stub