The Spinning Wheel

Watercolour and ink on paper Sketching a spinner 39.3 cm x 27.5 cm (15" 1/2 x 10" 3/4) Framed 57.8 cm x 44.8 cm Signed and titled «Im Spinnrad» The Spinning Wheel By Sebastian Leicht German artist (Danube Swabian) 1908-2002 Sebastian Leicht was born in Backi Brestovac a village in actual Serbia At the beginning of WWII, in 1941, Serbian officials took German hostages in some villages as a bargaining chip against anticipated German invasion. Leicht was included among the hostages. When Germany drafted her ethnic Germans, Leicht was assigned to a German Military war reporter unit. His input was paintings and drawings rather than coverage text. After the war he reunified with his family and they lived in Passau in Germany where he died in 2002.