Willi Sitte

Willi Sitte
Willi Sitte (center) with Erich Honecker at the opening of the 10th East German Art Exhibition
Born	(1921-02-28)28 February 1921 Kratzau, Bohemia, Czechoslovakia
Died	8 June 2013(2013-06-08) (aged 92) Halle, Germany
Occupation	Painter

Willi Sitte (28 February 1921 – 8 June 2013) was a German painter who was for a long time the president of the East German association of visual artists.

References

• Wolfgang Hütt: Willi Sitte. Verlag der Kunst, Dresden 1976.
• Robert R. Shane: Personal and Political. The Dynamics of East German Art in the Painting of Willi Sitte. In: Art criticism. No. 2, 2004, pp. 121–142.
• Joachim Jahns (ed.): Herr Mittelmaß 1949–1995. Dingsda, Querfurt 1995, ISBN 3-928498-44-4.
• Horst Kolodziej (ed.): Das Sitte-Verbot. Katalog (k)einer Ausstellung; zum 80. Geburtstag Willi Sittes: Texte, Bilder, Dokumente. GNN, Schkeuditz 2001.
• Gisela Schirmer: Willi Sitte, Farben und Folgen. Faber & Faber, Leipzig 2003, ISBN 3-936618-16-X.
• G. U. Grossmann (ed.): Politik und Kunst in der DDR: Der Fonds Willi Sitte im Germanischen Nationalmuseum. ISBN 978-3-926982-98-8
• Axel Dielmann: "Junge mit Märchenbuch". Novella on correspondent gouache (1950) by Willi Sitte, in: "Nizza oder Die Liebe zur Kunst". Vantage Point World-Verlag, Bad König 2013 (Germany), ISBN 978-3-9815354-9-5.

External links

• Literature by and about Willi Sitte in the German National Library catalogue
• Entry for Willi Sitte on the Union List of Artist Names