Werner Peiner, Die Vier Apokalyptische Reiter

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‘Die Apokalyptische Reiter’ (‘The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse’)
Biography: Werner Peiner

Four designs, assumably of a tapestry designed for the Reich Chancellery.
Signed 1943.
From left to right: ‘Pest’ (‘The Plague’), ‘Krieg’ (‘War’), ‘Hunger’ (‘The Hunger’), and ‘Tod’ (‘Death’).

‘Die Apokalyptische Reiter’ was also executed in large format in 1943 (another version). In private possession.
      

‘Die Apokalyptische Reiter’ by Peiner, executed in large format, depicted in ‘Das Reich’, June 1944.

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