Lot number 561 - Günter Peters (1907-1987)

Painting - Günter Peters (1907 Hoyerswerda 1987)

'Liskamm / Monte Rosa of the Valais Alps of Switzerland and Italy', signed, dated (19)46, oil on panel, dimensions approx. 42 x 55 cm, provenance: private collection, Regensburg, cf. literature: German painter, museum and zoo director in the GDR; studied at the State Academy of Applied Arts in Dresden, including under Karl Enderlein; works are located, among other places, in the City Museum and Hoyerswerda Castle. From the mid-1950s, he and the sculptor Jürgen von Woyski made significant contributions to the cultural development of Hoyerswerda. In particular, they initiated and organized the artistic design of the recreational center being built in the old town with sculptures, and from 1975 onwards, the international Hoyerswerda Sculpture Symposium in the open-air studio of the zoo. In 1952, Peters organized the relocation of the municipal museum to Hoyerswerda Castle and developed it into a museum with collections of regional and national importance. He served as its director until his retirement in 1975. Among other things, the castle's hall was reconstructed and the castle's vaulting was uncovered at his initiative. Peters also managed the city's zoo, which he founded in 1959.
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