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 style:Abstract art, Abstract Expressionism, Contemporary art

Creators Germany

Carsten Nicolai (1965)
Carsten Nicolai
1965
Josef Friedrich Limmer (1892 - 1967)
Josef Friedrich Limmer
1892 - 1967
Wilhelm Feldmann (1859 - 1932)
Wilhelm Feldmann
1859 - 1932
Paul Ernst Wilke (1894 - 1971)
Paul Ernst Wilke
1894 - 1971
Fritz Klemm (1902 - 1990)
Fritz Klemm
1902 - 1990
Johann Joseph Christian (1706 - 1777)
Johann Joseph Christian
1706 - 1777
Reinhold Begas (1831 - 1911)
Reinhold Begas
1831 - 1911
August Schliecker (1833 - 1911)
August Schliecker
1833 - 1911
Jo Niemeyer (1946)
Jo Niemeyer
1946
Michael Wirkner (1954 - 2012)
Michael Wirkner
1954 - 2012
Horst Becking (1937)
Horst Becking
1937
Jacob Marrel (1613 - 1681)
Jacob Marrel
1613 - 1681
Hede Bühl (1940)
Hede Bühl
1940
Herbert Peters (1925 - 2006)
Herbert Peters
1925 - 2006
Micha Brendel (1959)
Micha Brendel
1959
Albert Wenk (1863 - 1934)
Albert Wenk
1863 - 1934

Creators Abstract Expressionism

Imre Bak (1939 - 2022)
Imre Bak
1939 - 2022
Barry Flanagan (1941 - 2009)
Barry Flanagan
1941 - 2009
Thomas Nozkowski (1944 - 2019)
Thomas Nozkowski
1944 - 2019
Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich Klykov (1939 - 2006)
Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich Klykov
1939 - 2006
Nikolay Evgen'evich Vechtomov (1923 - 2007)
Nikolay Evgen'evich Vechtomov
1923 - 2007
Jeremy Deller (1966)
Jeremy Deller
1966
David Jones (1895 - 1974)
David Jones
1895 - 1974
Wolfgang Kolks (1935)
Wolfgang Kolks
1935
Dorothea Rockburne (1932)
Dorothea Rockburne
1932
Steffen Terk (1950)
Steffen Terk
1950
Thomas Röthel (1969)
Thomas Röthel
1969
Jim Gary (1939 - 2006)
Jim Gary
1939 - 2006
Zanele Muholi (1972)
Zanele Muholi
1972
Hanns Bolz (1885 - 1918)
Hanns Bolz
1885 - 1918
John Cecil Stephenson (1889 - 1965)
John Cecil Stephenson
1889 - 1965
Simon Periton (1964)
Simon Periton
1964