W.B. Eberhard Eggers, German (1939 - )

   One of Germany's most famous contemporary artists, WP Eberhard Eggers has received a strong international reputation for his etchings, engravings, hand-made books and sculpture. In total over two hundred one man exhibitions of his art have taken place throughout Europe and America since he began exhibiting his work in the mid 1960's. Recent one man exhibitions have taken place at the Galerie Hohmann, Hamburg (1996), the Galerie Duden, Berlin (2000) and Kunstverein Bad Salzdefurth (2001). Eggers has also been a visiting professor at the Universities of Hawaii and Wisconsin as well as an appointed professor of art at the Arizona State University (1986).
WP Eberhard Eggers concentrated almost exclusively upon engraving and etching during the late 1960's and the 1970's decade. His unique blend of surrealism and psychological imagery gained him many commissions in both Germany and the United States. Portrait of a Proud Lady was published in 1968 and was his first commissioned etching for an American publisher. With its superb use of both etching and tonal aquatint it is a wonderful example of Eggers's truly unique art.
Portrait of a Proud Lady was commissioned by the Associated American Artists of New York in a sole limited edition of 250 impressions. Since its creation in the mid 1930's the Associated American Artists commissioned original graphic art from such great masters as Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton, Reginald Marsh and many others. In the 1960's and 1970's its artists included Jack Levine, Sidney Chafetz and Herbert Lewis Fink.