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 Heinrich Jungnickel (1881 - 1965)
Ludwig Heinrich Jungnickel
1881 - 1965
Charles Vetter (1858 - 1941)
Charles Vetter
1858 - 1941
Otto Dillmann (1857 - 1906)
Otto Dillmann
1857 - 1906
Heinz Mack (1931)
Heinz Mack
1931
Kim Yusob (1959)
Kim Yusob
1959
Ewald Vetter (1894 - 1981)
Ewald Vetter
1894 - 1981
Karin Witte (1939)
Karin Witte
1939
Joseph Oppenheimer (1876 - 1966)
Joseph Oppenheimer
1876 - 1966
Helmut Dorner (1952)
Helmut Dorner
1952
Carl Reiser (1877 - 1950)
Carl Reiser
1877 - 1950
Detlef Beer (1963)
Detlef Beer
1963
Walter Schott (1861 - 1938)
Walter Schott
1861 - 1938
Johann Jakob Dorner II (1775 - 1852)
Johann Jakob Dorner II
1775 - 1852
Marieta Chirulescu (1974)
Marieta Chirulescu
1974
Georg Heinrich Joseph Schwabe (1847 - 1924)
Georg Heinrich Joseph Schwabe
1847 - 1924
Nikolai Dmitrievich Dmitriev-Orenburgsky (1838 - 1898)
Nikolai Dmitrievich Dmitriev-Orenburgsky
1838 - 1898

Creators Abstract Expressionism

Eduarda Emilia Maino (1935 - 2004)
Eduarda Emilia Maino
1935 - 2004
Rüdiger Penzkofer (1962)
Rüdiger Penzkofer
1962
Miguel Rio Branco (1946)
Miguel Rio Branco
1946
Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghikas (1906 - 1994)
Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghikas
1906 - 1994
Alexei Vasilyevich Grishenko (1883 - 1977)
Alexei Vasilyevich Grishenko
1883 - 1977
Annie Christine Boumeester (1904 - 1971)
Annie Christine Boumeester
1904 - 1971
Romane Holderried-Kaesdorf (1922 - 2007)
Romane Holderried-Kaesdorf
1922 - 2007
Robert Hammerstiel (1933 - 2020)
Robert Hammerstiel
1933 - 2020
Oiva Toikka (1931 - 2019)
Oiva Toikka
1931 - 2019
Philip Henry Jackson (1944)
Philip Henry Jackson
1944
Karl Wirsum (1939 - 2021)
Karl Wirsum
1939 - 2021
Julião Manuel Tavares Sena Sarmento (1948 - 2021)
Julião Manuel Tavares Sena Sarmento
1948 - 2021
Vladimir Vasilyevich Lebedev (1891 - 1967)
Vladimir Vasilyevich Lebedev
1891 - 1967
Adrian Heath (1920 - 1992)
Adrian Heath
1920 - 1992
Leo Zogmayer (1949)
Leo Zogmayer
1949
Joseph Guay (1971)
Joseph Guay
1971