Leipzig School painter’s widow Brigitte Tübke-Schellenberger dies at 95

Brigitte Tübke-Schellenberger, who devoted years to preserving the legacy of Leipzig painter Werner Tübke, has died at 95. She died on September 1, Galerie Schwind said, citing her family.

A former lawyer, Tübke-Schellenberger married Werner Tübke in Bad Frankenhausen in 1976. During his lifetime, she handled the organization and administration of his work. After his death in 2004, she continued to care for his artistic estate.

Werner Tübke ranked among the best-known artists of East Germany. A huge painting he created about the German Peasants’ War hangs in Bad Frankenhausen. The couple lived until his death in their villa on Leipzig’s Springerstraße, where Galerie Schwind is now located alongside a Leipzig art collection.

Galerie Schwind said Tübke-Schellenberger managed her husband’s catalogue raisonné with great dedication and organized exhibitions. She also regularly spent Saturdays at the Tübke Foundation, which she founded in the painter’s former studio, where she answered visitors’ questions with energy and resolve.

The gallery said Leipzig will hold a public funeral service on October 30 at 1:15 p.m. in the West Chapel of Südfriedhof cemetery. Werner Tübke is also buried there.

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where she resolutely and vividly answered all the visitors’ questions