Albert Ebert

The small-scale paintings of the Halle-based artist Albert Ebert, executed in the style of the old masters, were highly desired by collectors. Ebert's subtle humor and his artistic expression, which he developed largely through self-study, remained unaffected by the cultural and political demands of the GDR. The imagery of the "Rousseau von der Saale" ranges from fairy-tale-like happy children's parties to abysmal grotesqueries, poetically depicting the everyday life of the "little" people.

  • Schneeglöckchen I
  • Das Urteil des Paris II
  • Akt vor dem Fenster
  • Vor dem Spiegel
  • So tun wie Teufel, wenn wir lustig sind
  • Der Maler
  • Dame mit Fächer und sitzende Frau
  • Je länger die Haare
  • Beim Fotografen
  • Zuckerwasserclub
  • Die Clowns
  • Mutter und Kind
  • Leda und der Schwan
  • Die Schlagersängerin

curriculum vitae

1906 born in Halle / Saale
1912 attendance at the Volkshochschule
1921-1939 apprenticeship as a bricklayer (unfinished) and employment as a construction worker
1928-1934 independent trader for woolen fabrics
1935-1939 labourer in construction companies, occasional work in the studio of the sculptor Herrmann Bachmann
1939-1946 soldier and Soviet captivity, first attempts at painting in the military hospital
1946 student at the Kunsthochschule Burg Giebichenstein for a limited time, later worked there as a stoker (1947)
1948-1951 freelance work as a painter
1951 membership of the Verband bildender Künstler der DDR (VBK)
1951-1952 restoration course at Burg Giebichenstein under Kurt Bunge
1956 since then, support from friends so that he can temporarily give up his job and devote himself entirely to painting
1974/75 increasing eye damage leads to quitting his painting career
1976 died in Halle / Saale
Albert Ebert

Exhibition at the Galerie Himmel

Albert Ebert
Der müde Amor

30. November 2019 — 25. January 2020 | in the cabinet

further exhibitions

1951 Landesgalerie Sachsen-Anhalt, Moritzburg Halle (participation)
1958 Galerie Wort und Werk, Leipzig
1960 Städtische Kunstsammlung, Görlitz
1962 Thüringer Museum, Eisenach
1966 Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe
1972 Kulturzentrum der DDR, Helsinki, Finland (participation)
1974 Kupferstichkabinett, Dresden: »Zeichnungen in der Kunst der DDR« (participation)
1976 Kunstmuseum Moritzburg, Halle/Saale
1976/1977 Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen, Dresden
1979 Kunstverein Hannover: »Kunst aus der DDR : Bezirk Halle« (participation))
Altes Museum, Berlin: »Weggefährten – Zeitgenossen« (participation)
1984 Galerie Unter den Linden, Berlin
1985 Kunstverein Hannover
1986 Galerie Wort und Werk, Leipzig
1996 Stadtmuseum, Christian-Wolff-Haus, Halle
2003 Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin: »Kunst in der DDR. Eine Retrospektive der Nationalgalerie« (participation))
2006 Kunstmuseum Moritzburg, Halle/Saale
2025 Nationalgalerie, Berlin: »STRANGE! Surrealismus in Ost und West. Sammlung Scharf-Gerstenberg« (participation))