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Curt Querner

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

Biography

Querner was born in Börnchen, a village in Saxony not far south of Dresden (later incorporated into Possendorf, which today is part of Bannewitz).[1] The son of a shoemaker, he trained in metalworking and worked for a time as a factory mechanic (Fabrikschlosser).[2]

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.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Querner, Curt." (2005). Dictionary of German Biography. vol. 8. Munich: Sauer. p. 108.
  2. ^ a b Seelen, Manja (1995). "Curt Querner" [biographical sketch, in German]. In: Das Bild der Frau in Werken deutscher Künstler der neuen Sachlichkeit. Münster: Lit Verlag. (Kunstgeschichte, vol. 49). p. 169.