Wolfgang Opitz (1944) - photo 1

Wolfgang Opitz

Wolfgang Opitz is a contemporary German artist known for his abstract paintings. 

Wolfgang Opitz studied art from 1964 to 1968 in Erfurt and Dresden. He met A. R. Penck, with whom he made many experimental films in 1969. They also founded the group Lücke in 1971, together with artists Harald Gallasch and Steffen Koonert (Turk). In 1989, Opitz fled East Germany to the West, where he received a teaching position at Lüneburg University in 1991.

Date and place of birt:1944, Słupsk, Poland
Nationality:Germany, German Democratic Republic
Period of activity: XX, XXI century
Specialization:Artist, Educator, Engraver, Painter
Art school / group:Lücke
Art style:Abstract Expressionism, Abstract art, Contemporary art

Creators Germany

Ludwig Wilhelm Heupel-Siegen (1864 - 1945)
Ludwig Wilhelm Heupel-Siegen
1864 - 1945
Johann Georg Haeselich (1806 - 1894)
Johann Georg Haeselich
1806 - 1894
Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber (1739 - 1810)
Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber
1739 - 1810
Otto Steinert (1915 - 1978)
Otto Steinert
1915 - 1978
Will McBride (1931 - 2015)
Will McBride
1931 - 2015
Jost Amman (1539 - 1591)
Jost Amman
1539 - 1591
Thomas Demand (1964)
Thomas Demand
1964
Helge Achenbach (1952)
Helge Achenbach
1952
Annette Schroeter (1956)
Annette Schroeter
1956
Martin Wiegand (1867 - 1961)
Martin Wiegand
1867 - 1961
Carl Strathmann (1866 - 1939)
Carl Strathmann
1866 - 1939
Till Hausmann (1953)
Till Hausmann
1953
Сarl Christian Vogel von Vogelstein (1788 - 1868)
Сarl Christian Vogel von Vogelstein
1788 - 1868
Robert Henze (1827 - 1906)
Robert Henze
1827 - 1906
Henriette Riederer (1941 - 2003)
Henriette Riederer
1941 - 2003
Richard Kuöhl (1880 - 1961)
Richard Kuöhl
1880 - 1961

Creators Abstract Expressionism

Fedor Fedorovich Manailo (1910 - 1978)
Fedor Fedorovich Manailo
1910 - 1978
Tanja Selzer (1970)
Tanja Selzer
1970
Barbara Kasten (1936)
Barbara Kasten
1936
Mai Volfovich Dantsig (1930 - 2017)
Mai Volfovich Dantsig
1930 - 2017
Jatin Das (1941)
Jatin Das
1941
Zhou Chunya (1955)
Zhou Chunya
1955
Frantisek Emler (1912 - 1992)
Frantisek Emler
1912 - 1992
Giorgio Morandi (1890 - 1964)
Giorgio Morandi
1890 - 1964
Erwin Friedrich Baumann (1890 - 1980)
Erwin Friedrich Baumann
1890 - 1980
Tomoko Konoike (1960)
Tomoko Konoike
1960
Natar Bhavsar (1934)
Natar Bhavsar
1934
Charles Hinman (1932)
Charles Hinman
1932
Robert Cottingham (1935)
Robert Cottingham
1935
Werner Liebmann (1951)
Werner Liebmann
1951
Albert Oehlen (1954)
Albert Oehlen
1954
Thomas Scheibitz (1968)
Thomas Scheibitz
1968