Angela Hampel
Angela Hampel (born 1956) is a German painter, graphic artist, and installation artist best known for her Neo-expressive prints and paintings of strong female figures from mythology and the Bible. Early life Born in 1956 in Räckelwitz near Kamenz in the Bezirk Dresden of East Germany (now Saxony), Hampel trained as a Forester, forestry worker from 1972 to 1974. She then worked in forestry for the two years while studying art in evening classes at the Bautzen branch of the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts, Dresden Art Academy. After spending a year arranging programs for young people at the Kamenz culture centre, she continued studying painting and graphic art under Jutta Damme and Dietmar Büttner at the academy until 1982. Work From 1982-85, Hampel was a candidate for the East German Artists Union (Verband Bildende Künstler), becoming an official member in 1985. Her first solo exhibition was in 1984, the same year she read and was inspired by Christa Wolf's novel Cassandra (no ...
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