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Wolfgang Mattheuer (7 April 1927—7 April 2004) was a German painter, graphic artist and sculptor. Together with
Mattheuer Stiftung
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mattheuer, Wolfgang 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
Wolfgang Mattheuer (7 April 1927—7 April 2004) was a German painter, graphic artist and sculptor. Together with Werner Tübke
Werner Tübke (30 July 1929 in Schönebeck, Germany – 27 May 2004 in Leipzig, Germany) was a German painter, best known for his monumental '' Peasants' War Panorama'' located in Bad Frankenhausen
Bad Frankenhausen (officially: Bad Frankenhaus ...
and Bernhard Heisig
Bernhard Heisig (31 March 1925 – 10 June 2011) was a German painter and graphic artist. Long-time director of the Leipzig Academy (Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst; 1961–64, 1976–87) and a leading figure in East Germany's Leipzig School ...
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
The Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst (HGB) or Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig is one of the oldest art schools in Germany, dating back to 1764. The school has four colleges specializing in fine arts, graphic design, photography and new media a ...
(HGB) for many years. 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
The Socialist Unity Party of Germany (german: Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands, ; SED, ), often known in English as the East German Communist Party, was the founding and ruling party of the German Democratic Republic (GDR; East German ...
.
In the West he was for a long time seen as an untrendy Sunday painter, but a large retrospective held in Chemnitz
Chemnitz (; from 1953 to 1990: Karl-Marx-Stadt , ) is the third-largest city in the German state of Saxony after Leipzig and Dresden. It is the 28th largest city of Germany as well as the fourth largest city in the area of former East Germany a ...
for his 75th birthday raised his profile. He was married to the painter Ursula Mattheuer-Neustädt.
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Mattheuer Stiftung
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mattheuer, Wolfgang 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