Heinz Eberhard Strüning (2 May 1896 – 11 March 1986) was a German painter,

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and

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painter.

Life

Born in

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, Strüning studied at the

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from 1922 to 1924 and at the

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from 1925 to 1926. From 1927, he was a resident of Leipzig and from 1937 until his death he lived in

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(

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). From 1947 to 1951 he taught as a lecturer at the

Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig The Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst (HGB) or Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig is one of the oldest art schools in Germany, dating back to 1764. The academy has four colleges specializing in fine arts, graphic design, photography and new media ar ...

and since then he worked as a freelance artist in Machern. Among others, he was a teacher of

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. Strüning was a member of the . An increasing eye complaint led to blindness in 1984. Strüning once said about himself: ''"I create from the full, because I am filled to the top with what I want to create. There is only one law for me: to create until the last, that is what I live for. That is my artistic postulate, my inner law.'' Strüning died in Machern at the age of 89.

Work

The Leipzig University Custody published a catalogue of his works in 1986. Many of them are university-owned, such as the painting "Swans", charcoal drawing over pastels. A work called "Trees" by Strüning has been hanging in the mayor's room of the Machern town hall since 1997. Another work is "Dorfstraße in Machern", pastel, created in 1950.Heinz Eberhard Strüning Auction Price Results
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Exhibitions

Individual exhibitions

* 1948: Halle (Saale) * 1956: in der Galerie Henning in Halle (Saale) * 1958: im Museum der bildenden Künste in Leipzig * 1976: bis 1986 Leipzig, ferner Dresden, Altenburg und Ahrenshoop

Participation in exhibitions

* 1949 and 1972: Deutsche Kunstausstellung bzw. Kunstausstellung der DDR * from 1972: regelmäßige Teilnahme an der Bezirkskunstausstellung Leipzig

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Struning, Heinz Eberhard 20th-century German painters 20th-century German male artists 20th-century German etchers 1896 births 1986 deaths Artists from Dortmund Painters from North Rhine-Westphalia