Wolfgang Mattheuer
Wolfgang Mattheuer (7 April 1927—7 April 2004) was a German painter, graphic artist and sculptor. Together with Werner Tübke and Bernhard Heisig he was a leading representative of the Leipzig School, a figurative art current in East Germany. He came to prominence with allegorical, pessimistic and sometimes heroic paintings which were accused of expressing political dissidence. He was later an open critic of both socialism and capitalism. He taught at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig (HGB) for many years.[1] In 1974 he resigned from his position as professor at the HGB to work as a freelance painter. In 1988 he left the Socialist Unity Party of Germany.[2]
In the West he was for a long time seen as an untrendy Sunday painter, but a large retrospective held in Chemnitz for his 75th birthday raised his profile. He was married to the painter Ursula Mattheuer-Neustädt.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Greiner, Ulrich (2004-04-15). "Zum Tod von Wolfgang Mattheuer". Die Zeit (in German). Retrieved 2017-11-11.
- ^ Zöllner, Frank (2017-08-02). "Der Epochenmaler". Die Zeit (in German). Retrieved 2017-11-11.
External links
[edit]- Mattheuer Stiftung (in German)
Media related to Wolfgang Mattheuer at Wikimedia Commons
- 1927 births
- 2004 deaths
- 20th-century German painters
- 20th-century German sculptors
- 20th-century German male artists
- 21st-century German painters
- 21st-century German sculptors
- 21st-century German male artists
- German contemporary artists
- German graphic designers
- German male painters
- German male sculptors
- East German artists
- People from Reichenbach im Vogtland
- Academic staff of the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig