Dieter Krieg (1937 - 2005)

Dieter Krieg

Dieter Krieg was a German artist and professor of painting, one of the brightest representatives of the so-called New Figuration.

Krieg studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe, where he later taught. Starting in the 1970s, he painted everyday objects: flower pots and scrambled eggs, French fries and diamonds - in his large format paintings Dieter Krieg never made a distinction between the significant things in life and the everyday.

For 25 years, from 1978-2002, Dieter Krieg worked as a professor at the Düsseldorf Academy of Fine Arts and had a significant influence on subsequent generations of artists. He was a member of the Association of German Artists.