Curt Querner (1904–1976) was a German painter.

Biography

Querner was born in Börnchen, a village in

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not far south of

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(later incorporated into Possendorf, which today is part of

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).Querner, Curt
" (2005). ''Dictionary of German Biography''. vol. 8. Munich: Sauer. p. 108. The son of a shoemaker, he trained in metalworking and worked for a time as a factory mechanic (Fabrikschlosser).Seelen, Manja (1995).
Curt Querner
iographical sketch, in German In: ''Das Bild der Frau in Werken deutscher Künstler der neuen Sachlichkeit''. Münster: Lit Verlag. (Kunstgeschichte, vol. 49). p. 169. From 1926 to 1930 Querner studied at the

Dresden Academy of Fine Arts The Dresden Academy of Fine Arts (German language, German ''Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden''), often abbreviated HfBK Dresden or simply HfBK, is a vocational university of visual arts located in Dresden, Germany. The present institutio ...

. He exhibited for the first time at the Galerie Junge Kunst, of Józef Sandel, in Dresden.

References

1904 births 1976 deaths 20th-century German painters 20th-century German male artists German male painters {{Germany-painter-stub