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Hubert Salentin was a German genre painter.
He studied painting at the Düsseldorf Academy of Art. Salentin became famous for his interesting paintings depicting scenes from rural life in West Germany, often with children and in nature.
Curt Liebich was a German painter, graphic artist and sculptor.
After initial training in Dresden, Liebich moved to the Academic High School of Fine Arts in Berlin. He then studied at the Grand Ducal-Saxon Art School in Weimar and in 1896 he settled in Gutach. His painting was mainly concerned with rural and village life. As an illustrator, he designed vignettes and covers for books and magazines as well as advertising graphics.
In 1923, Liebich was awarded the title of honorary citizen of Gutach. In 2005, the Hasemann-Liebich Art Museum opened in Gutach with works by the two Black Forest artists.
Karl Hauptmann was a German landscape painter who specialised in mountain views.
Thomas Ruff is a German photographer who lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany. He has been described as «a master of edited and reimagined images».
Sebastian Black is a contemporary American artist from New York whose work is stylistically reminiscent of Cubism. The artist is best known for his Puppy Paintings series, in which he depicts puppy muzzles in fragmented abstract shapes and warm tones.
