Albert Ebert
1906 Halle (Saale) - 1976 Halle (Saale) - "Two Girls with Dog" - (1972) Oil/hardboard. 12.2 x 11.7 cm (motif). 20.3 x 19.7 cm (size with frame). Signed and dated lower right: A. Ebert 1972. In an attached frame. - Lit.: Litt, Doris. Helmut Brade. Albert Ebert. Leipzig 2001, No. 72-8. Ebert came to painting only at the age of 37, after having worked as a casual laborer. In 1946, he studied painting and drawing at the Burg Giebichenstein University, but it was not until 1956 that Ebert was able to work as a freelance artist. In 1973, he received the Art Prize of the City of Halle.