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Elvira Bach is a postmodernist German painter known for her colourful images of women.


Elvira Bach is a postmodernist German painter known for her colourful images of women.


Jörg Immendorff was a German painter and sculptor, stage designer and decorator, and a member of the New Wild movement.
Immendorff painted in cycles that often lasted for years and were political in nature. His series of sixteen large paintings, Café Deutschland (1977-1984), is well known. In these colorful paintings, numerous disco lovers symbolize the conflict between East and West Germany.
Immendorff prepared several stage productions and designed sets for the operas Elektra and The Rider's Voyage. 25 of Immendorf's paintings were selected in 2006 for the illustrated Bible.


Markus Lüpertz is a German painter, sculptor, graphic artist, and writer. He also publishes a magazine, and plays jazz piano. He is one of the best-known German contemporary artists. His subjects are characterized by suggestive power and archaic monumentality. Lüpertz insists on capturing the object of representation with an archetypal statement of his existence. His art work is associated to neo-expressionism. Known for his eccentricity, German press has stylized him as a «painter prince».


Markus Lüpertz is a German painter, sculptor, graphic artist, and writer. He also publishes a magazine, and plays jazz piano. He is one of the best-known German contemporary artists. His subjects are characterized by suggestive power and archaic monumentality. Lüpertz insists on capturing the object of representation with an archetypal statement of his existence. His art work is associated to neo-expressionism. Known for his eccentricity, German press has stylized him as a «painter prince».


Markus Lüpertz is a German painter, sculptor, graphic artist, and writer. He also publishes a magazine, and plays jazz piano. He is one of the best-known German contemporary artists. His subjects are characterized by suggestive power and archaic monumentality. Lüpertz insists on capturing the object of representation with an archetypal statement of his existence. His art work is associated to neo-expressionism. Known for his eccentricity, German press has stylized him as a «painter prince».


Markus Lüpertz is a German painter, sculptor, graphic artist, and writer. He also publishes a magazine, and plays jazz piano. He is one of the best-known German contemporary artists. His subjects are characterized by suggestive power and archaic monumentality. Lüpertz insists on capturing the object of representation with an archetypal statement of his existence. His art work is associated to neo-expressionism. Known for his eccentricity, German press has stylized him as a «painter prince».




Stefan Szczesny is a German expressionist painter, draftsman and ceramic sculptor, co-founder of the Neue Wilde movement.
Szczesny's vivid paintings and figurative works are inspired by the spirit of the Caribbean and the colorful, sensual Mediterranean way of life. One of his famous works is Living Planet.
The talented and versatile artist has also worked on the entire island of Mainau: he has created numerous ceramics of various shapes and sizes, large glass steles and many other objects, including a bridge and a painted NT airship, turning the island into a real work of art.


Stefan Szczesny is a German expressionist painter, draftsman and ceramic sculptor, co-founder of the Neue Wilde movement.
Szczesny's vivid paintings and figurative works are inspired by the spirit of the Caribbean and the colorful, sensual Mediterranean way of life. One of his famous works is Living Planet.
The talented and versatile artist has also worked on the entire island of Mainau: he has created numerous ceramics of various shapes and sizes, large glass steles and many other objects, including a bridge and a painted NT airship, turning the island into a real work of art.



































































