Key facts
- Born
- ( 1960-04-18 ) 18 April 1960 (age 66) , Leipzig , East Germany (now Germany)
- Education
- Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig
- Known for
- Painting
- Movement
- New Leipzig School
- Awards
- Vincent Award , 2002
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Leipzig
- Spouse
- Rosa Loy
- Occupation
- photojournalist
- Educated at
- Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig
- Employer
- Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig
- Languages spoken
- German
- Student of
- Bernhard Heisig
- Field of work
- painting
- Movement
- New Leipzig School
- Image
- Rauch neo bruehl maxernstmuseum 281007 06.jpg
- Work location
- Leipzig
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- Commons category
- Neo Rauch
- date of birth
- 1960-01-01
- has works in the collection
- Neue Nationalgalerie
- birth name
- Neo Rauch
- name in native language
- Neo Rauch
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Encyclopedic overview
Neo Rauch ( German: [ˈneːo ˈʁaʊx]; born 18 April 1960) is a German artist whose paintings mine the intersection of his personal history with the politics of industrial alienation. His work reflects the influence of socialist realism, and owes a debt to Surrealists Giorgio de Chirico and René Magritte, although Rauch hesitates to align himself with surrealism. He studied at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig, and he lives in Markkleeberg near Leipzig, Germany and works as the principal artist of the New Leipzig School. The artist is represented by Galerie EIGEN + ART Leipzig/Berlin and David Zwirner, New York.
Rauch's paintings suggest a narrative intent but, as art historian Charlotte Mullins explains, closer scrutiny immediately presents the viewer with enigmas: "Architectural elements peter out; men in uniform from throughout history intimidate men and women from other centuries; great struggles occur but their reason is never apparent; styles change at a whim."
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Neo Rauch” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.