Wolfgang MATTHEUER
(1927 – 2004)
German painter, graphic artist and sculptor, and one of the leading representatives of the so-called ‘Leipzig School’, which was significant for artistic creation in the GDR | Born in Reichenbach, Germany, in 1927 | Completed an apprenticeship as a lithographer in 1944; Unable to study commercial art due to conscription into the mountain infantry | 1945 Wounded on the front in Slovakia, captured by the Red Army, but manages to escape | 1947–51 Studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Leipzig | 1953 private collectors begin to acquire his paintings and prints | 1978 becomes a member of the “Academy of Arts” | 1984 participates in the 41st Venice Biennale | 1989 actively participates in the “Leipzig Monday demonstrations”, a peaceful protest against the political situation | 2004 dies in Leipzig
