Herbert Johannes Josef Siebner (April 16, 1925 – August 3, 2003) was born in

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, Prussia, and died in

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, Canada. Siebner was an

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painter, printmaker, and sculptor. Siebner studied graphic arts under Max E. A. Richter (1941–43) in Berlin. Siebner served in the German Army from 1943 to 1945, until he was captured by the Soviets in 1945. After the war, Siebner studied at the Academy for Fine Arts & Culture, Berlin under Prof. Max Kaus and Ernst Shumacher (1946–49), and was soon exhibiting his works in exhibitions and galleries. Siebner emigrated to Canada in 1954, settling in Victoria, BC, where he opened an art studio and began teaching his craft. In 1955 Siebner held a one-man show at the

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, and in 1956 he won the Canadian National Award in Graphic Arts. By 1958, Siebner's art was displayed in Berlin, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, Seattle, Eugene, Los Angeles. 1958, Siebner was included in the International Graphic Exposition in Lugano, Switzerland. 1962–63 Siebner traveled and worked in Europe, after winning a Canada Council Senior Arts Fellowship grant. Siebner was a founding member of the Limners, a group of Victoria artists that came together to support, exhibit, and discuss their works. (The group is also known as the Society of Limners (Victoria), and the Victoria Limners Society.)''The Limners'', Victoria: Pharos Press, 1972. PR6037 K38L56 1972

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The Limners – Karl Spreitz And Collaborators Archival Film Collection,
Skelton, Robin, Bennett, James, Spreitz, Karl. Herbert Siebner : A Celebration"", Victoria: Morriss, 1993. Print. {{DEFAULTSORT:Siebner, Herbert 20th-century German painters 20th-century German male artists German male painters People from the Kingdom of Prussia Artists from Szczecin German sculptors German male sculptors Expressionist painters 1925 births 2003 deaths 20th-century sculptors 20th-century German printmakers German emigrants to Canada German Army personnel of World War II German prisoners of war in World War II held by the Soviet Union 21st-century German painters 21st-century German male artists

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