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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Jörg Schmeisser (Schmeißer) was a German artist who became particularly famous as a graphic artist and engraver. He studied at the Hamburg Academy of Fine Arts, 1962-67, and Kyoto, 1969-72. While studying in Hamburg he studied etching with Paul Wunderlich.
In the 1960s and 1970s he also participated in excavations in Israel and Greece as a draughtsman and travelled to many countries. From 1978 to 1997 he worked at the Canberra School of Art, part of the Australian National University. Jörg Schmeisser was head of the engraving department there.
In 1998 he travelled to Antarctica and stayed at the Australian research stations of Mawson and Davies. The etchings, drawings and paintings he created during this trip have been shown in numerous exhibitions in Australia, Japan, the USA and Germany.
After teaching and working in Jerusalem, Hangzhou, Angkor, Ladakh and Princeton, Jörg Schmeisser took up a professorship at Kyoto City Art University.
Jörg Schmeisser (Schmeißer) was a German artist who became particularly famous as a graphic artist and engraver. He studied at the Hamburg Academy of Fine Arts, 1962-67, and Kyoto, 1969-72. While studying in Hamburg he studied etching with Paul Wunderlich.
In the 1960s and 1970s he also participated in excavations in Israel and Greece as a draughtsman and travelled to many countries. From 1978 to 1997 he worked at the Canberra School of Art, part of the Australian National University. Jörg Schmeisser was head of the engraving department there.
In 1998 he travelled to Antarctica and stayed at the Australian research stations of Mawson and Davies. The etchings, drawings and paintings he created during this trip have been shown in numerous exhibitions in Australia, Japan, the USA and Germany.
After teaching and working in Jerusalem, Hangzhou, Angkor, Ladakh and Princeton, Jörg Schmeisser took up a professorship at Kyoto City Art University.
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.
Otto Freundlich was a German painter and sculptor of Jewish origin. A part of the first generation of abstract painters in Western art, Freundlich was a great admirer of cubism.
