Walter GEBAUER (* 1907, † 1989)

1907
born in Thalbürgel, Germany

– learns pottery during an apprenticeship from his father, in the workshop of his uncle Carl Gebauer

1925-27
Staatliche Fachschule Bunzlau; years of travel with stations at the Steingutfabrik Wesel, the Staatliche Majolika Manufaktur Karlsruhe and in Lenzburg (Switzerland)

1930-31
worked in the Münchner Werkstätten

1931
master examination, Bürgel

1934
founds own studio in Bürgel

from 1964
ceramics teaching position at the Hochschule für industrielle Formgestaltung (Burg Giebichenstein), Halle

1989
died in Bürgel, Germany

Source:
– Reineking v. Bock, Gisela: Keramik des 20. Jahrhunderts, Deutschland, München 1979, p. 149.