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Andreas Gursky
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Andreas Gursky is a German artist, photographer, university teacher, and photojournalist born in Leipzig in 1955. He began his professional work period in 1980 and is educated at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf and the University of Duisburg-Essen. Gursky works in Düsseldorf and is represented by White Cube. He is a member of the North Rhine-Westphalia Academy for Sciences and Arts and has been employed by the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf.
His notable works include Rhein II and 99 Cent II Diptychon. His art is held in the collections of the Städel Museum, the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. Gursky speaks German.
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Film & TV
Known for
- Andreas Gursky: Long Shot Close Up — Himself2010
- Gursky World — Himself
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1955-01-15 ) 15 January 1955 (age 71) , Leipzig , East Germany (now Germany)
- Known for
- Photography
- Notable work
- Rhein II
- Movement
- Düsseldorf School of Photography
- Website
- Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Andreas
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Leipzig
- Occupation
- teacher
- Educated at
- University of Duisburg-Essen
- Employer
- Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
- Languages spoken
- German
- Notable work
- 99 Cent II Diptychon
- Official website
- www.andreasgursky.com/en
- Image
- Andreas Gursky (2013).jpg
- Work location
- Düsseldorf
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- Andreas Gursky
- date of birth
- 1955-00-00
- name in native language
- Andreas Gursky
- start of work period
- 1980-00-00
- described at URL
- www.solisprints.co.uk/pages/artist-andreas-gursky
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Encyclopedic overview
Andreas Gursky (born 15 January 1955) is a German artist best known for his photography. He is a former professor at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany.
He is known for his large-scale colour photographs of architecture, landscapes and contemporary life—crowds, consumer goods and the infrastructures of global capitalism—combining methodical observation with digital construction to achieve an all-over, hyper-detailed image field. His works reach some of the highest prices in the art market. His photograph Rhein II was sold at Christie's for $4,338,500 on 8 November 2011. At the time it was the most expensive photograph ever sold at auction, and it remains the most expensive photograph by a living photographer.
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