Werner Wittig (1930-2013) was one of the most important Saxon artists of his generation. He became known throughout Germany for his colour woodcuts in particular and was honoured with numerous awards. Both his prints and his paintings reveal a subtle feeling for precisely coordinated colour tones. In order to achieve this, Werner Wittig further developed the rarely used technique of woodcuts and perfected it with his own creative means. In combination with ingenious printing processes, this technique allows for distinctive painterly effects of the finest nuances. This is particularly evident in the coloured woodcuts of up to seven printing blocks in just as many colours that he has been creating since 1975. Painting was Wittig's artistic foundation and has remained a counterpoint to graphic art to this day. In this profession, he explores the options of his pictorial motifs as well as the colour palette. Due to their reserved, almost intimate character, his works appear as a substantial, unmistakable position in the current art landscape. By combining the genres of landscape and still life, Werner Wittig found his main theme around 1976. It is not least the impressive continuity of motifs and style that has secured his work a firm place in contemporary art. The joint exhibition of his paintings and graphic works provides an overview of the main works from more than fifty years of artistic endeavour. It thus not only offers concentrated aesthetic pleasure but also provides insight into the formal and motivic contexts of the artist's work.
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