About Anke Besser-Güth
Lived 1940 – 2019 (aged 78). Anke Besser-Güth was a German painter, sculptor and ceramicist.
Anke Besser-Güth (December 16, 1940 - February 23, 2019) was a German artist best known for her sculpture.
Besser-Güth was born on December 16, 1940 in Erfurt, Germany. Her career stated with her apprenticeship as a stonemason. She went on to study at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts (Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden). Most of Besser-Güth's public sculpture was completed on commission when Erfurt was part of East Germany.
Besser-Güth died in Waren, Germany on February 23, 2019.
Selected public sculptures Rosa Luxemburg, Erfurt, Germany Käthe Kollwitz, Nordhausen, Germany Eisenach Party Congress, Eisenach, Germany Gallery
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German artist (1940-2019)
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Anke Besser-Güth was born on 16 December 1940 in Erfurt.
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Anke Besser-Güth died on 23 February 2019 in Waren.
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Anke Besser-Güth was a painter, sculptor and ceramicist.
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Anke Besser-Güth was German.
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