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Carl Spitzweg was a German romanticist painter, especially of genre subjects. He is considered to be one of the most important artists of the Biedermeier era.
Max Ackermann was a German painter and graphic artist. He was a pupil of Adolf Hölzel and is considered a pioneer of abstract painting.
Jakob Philipp Hackert was a German painter of the second half of the 18th and early 19th centuries. He is known as a landscape painter and printmaker, a representative of neoclassicism and romanticism.
Hackert reached the peak of creative activity in 1770-1780. He was recognized by the European aristocracy, and for a time served as court painter to King Ferdinand IV of Naples, as well as receiving commissions from representatives of the Russian imperial family, such as Empress Catherine II and the heir to the throne, Paul Petrovich. His work, according to critics, was characterized by high craftsmanship and aristocratic elegance.
Rolf-Gunter Dienst was a German painter, art critic, book author and publicist.
Norbert Kricke is a German sculptor.
He studied at the Higher School of Art in Berlin and from 1947 began creating abstract sculptures using wire, steel, glass and concrete. Kricke is also known as an innovator of the use of running water in art.
Norbert Kricke was one of the most important artists in the group L'Art Informel and was actively engaged with members of the ZERO and Nouveau Réalisme movements.
Norbert Kricke is a German sculptor.
He studied at the Higher School of Art in Berlin and from 1947 began creating abstract sculptures using wire, steel, glass and concrete. Kricke is also known as an innovator of the use of running water in art.
Norbert Kricke was one of the most important artists in the group L'Art Informel and was actively engaged with members of the ZERO and Nouveau Réalisme movements.
Günther Uecker is a German sculptor, op artist and installation artist.
Boris Becker is a German photographer, filmmaker and former publisher. The motifs of his works are mostly constructions and details from architectures and landscapes.
Rosemarie Trockel is a German conceptual artist. She has made drawings, paintings, sculptures, videos and installations, and has worked in mixed media. From 1985, she made pictures using knitting-machines.
Günther Uecker is a German sculptor, op artist and installation artist.
Günther Uecker is a German sculptor, op artist and installation artist.
Günther Uecker is a German sculptor, op artist and installation artist.
Günther Uecker is a German sculptor, op artist and installation artist.
Günther Uecker is a German sculptor, op artist and installation artist.
Gerd Krenckel is a contemporary German painter.
As an artist Gerd Krenckel has a great sensitivity to the finest nuances of colour and an unmistakable understanding of materials and surfaces. His work is characterised by an impressive concentration of formal means and an uncompromising pursuit of simplicity and clarity.
Erich Mercker was a German landscape, industrial and city painter and speed skater.
Carl Emil Rudolf Ludwig Becker was a German marine artist.
He was awarded gold medals at the International Art Exhibition of 1894, in Vienna, and the Große Berliner Kunstausstellung of 1896. Three years later, he was one of the co-founders of the Düsseldorfer Künstler-Vereinigung (artists' association). After the turn of the century, marine painting was heavily promoted by Kaiser Wilhelm II, who was attempting to make Germany a major sea power. As a result, the demand for Becker's paintings increased farther inland.
Carl Emil Rudolf Ludwig Becker was a German marine artist.
He was awarded gold medals at the International Art Exhibition of 1894, in Vienna, and the Große Berliner Kunstausstellung of 1896. Three years later, he was one of the co-founders of the Düsseldorfer Künstler-Vereinigung (artists' association). After the turn of the century, marine painting was heavily promoted by Kaiser Wilhelm II, who was attempting to make Germany a major sea power. As a result, the demand for Becker's paintings increased farther inland.
Martin Kippenberger was a German artist known for his extremely prolific output in a wide range of styles and media, superfiction as well as his provocative, jocular and hard-drinking public persona.
Kippenberger was "widely regarded as one of the most talented German artists of his generation," according to Roberta Smith of the New York Times. He was at the center of a generation of German enfants terribles including Albert Oehlen, Markus Oehlen, Werner Büttner, Georg Herold, Dieter Göls, and Günther Förg.
