Klaus Moritz - "Warten auf ..." Edition BfG Bank 1986

KLAUS MORITZ 1930-2016 - "Waiting for ..." - 1986 - BfG Edition
from 5 lihographies BfG Bank 1986
all 5 lithos are numbered 234/300
Image size 51 cm x 75 cm
Sheet size 61 cm x 89 cm
signed, numbered, titled
Handmade paper with BfG logo at the bottom right

"Waiting for ...."
("Spätlesezeit", "Am Sonntag", "Perspektiven", "Scene change")
signed K. Moritz `86

Source Wikipedia: Klaus Moritz (born December 6, 1930 in Aschersleben; † May 26, 2016 in Cologne) was a German graphic artist and painter. [1]

After training as a lithographer in Aschersleben and Leipzig from 1944 to 1948, Moritz attended the University of Graphics and Book Art in Leipzig between 1948 and 1950. From 1950 to 1952 Moritz studied at the University of Fine Arts in Berlin. In 1956 Moritz exhibited together with Werner Tübke, Gisela Moritz and Bernhard Heisig as a member of the group "Neue Gruppe Leipzig" in the Museum of Fine Arts in Leipzig [2]. Moritz worked as a freelance artist in Leipzig from 1952 to 1959, during which time he created large-format landscapes and portraits on behalf of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the GDR Lothar Bolz. In 1959 he created the mural “Garden of Eden” in the Borna district hospital.

In 1959 Moritz moved to the Federal Republic of Germany and worked as a lithographer and graphic artist for the printing and pharmaceutical industries until 1962. In 1963 Moritz moved to Cologne and worked in his own studio again as a freelance painter and graphic artist. From 1964 to 1967 Moritz concentrated his artistic work on abstract painting. In 1967 he founded the Klettenberg press and set up a lithography workshop in Cologne. In his figurative period from 1967 to 1971 he created his lithograph series with the works “Pope” and “Militaria”. In 1970 he created the lithograph series “London Mix” and in 1971, after a trip to England and Ireland, the lithograph cycle “Paul Greene”. For Moritz was honored with the jury prize at the 1st Vienna Graphic Biennale for his "Paul Greene" lithographs. [3] From 1973 to 1983 Moritz designed six graphic editions for the magazine Schöner Wohnen.

In 1974 Moritz set up an etching workshop and designed his first color etchings. In 1975 he painted his first lighthouse picture. In 1977 Moritz exhibited for the first time in Tokyo. Moritz went on a longer study trip to southern France in 1983 and concentrated again on landscape painting. In 1984 he went on another study trip to New York and subsequently created several oil paintings of New York. He also self-published three New York posters. In 1986 Moritz designed five lithographs on behalf of the BfG Bank. Together with Gisela Moritz, Moritz went on annual study trips from 1984 to 1993, including to Ibiza, Fehmarn and Provence, and painted landscapes.

Up to 1993 Moritz exhibited in 150 group and solo exhibitions in Germany [Europe and overseas. In October 2010 Moritz donated his graphic work to the Städtisches Museum Aschersleben.

Klaus Moritz was buried in his wife's grave in Cologne's southern cemetery (Flur36)