Albert Ebert
1906 Halle/Saale - 1976 Halle/Saale - "Girl with Hat" (The Lovers in the Pub) - (1958) Oil/cardboard on hardboard. 16.9 x 13.8 cm (painting surface). 24.5 x 21 cm (overall size). Signed and dated upper right: A. Ebert 1958. Inscribed on an old paper label on the reverse: 48 (in circle, crossed out) / No. 37 / Girl with Hat. Minimal imperfections in the frame area. - Lit.: Litt, Doris. Helmut Brade. Albert Ebert. Leipzig 2001, No. 58-12. Ebert, after working odd jobs, only turned to painting at the age of 37. In 1946, he then studied painting and drawing at the Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design, but it would take until 1956 for Ebert to work as a freelance artist. In 1973, he received the Art Prize of the City of Halle.