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Werner Tübke

Tübke was born on 30 July 1929 in Schönebeck on the Elbe. His artistic talent was recognized early on, and he began taking private drawing lessons at the age of 10. In 1946 he began a painter’s apprenticeship and attended the Technical School for German Crafts in Magdeburg. In 1947, following his Abitur (higher education entrance qualification), Tübke studied at the Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig (HGB) before transferring in 1950 to the University of Greifswald to study art education and psychology. He returned to Leipzig, working as an assistant professor and finally as an independent artist. Although he was dismissed in 1957 for political reasons, he returned to the HGB in 1962, becoming a professor in 1972 and rector the following year. He gave up this position in 1976 to devote himself to the monumental painting for the Bad Frankenhausen Panorama Museum.