Horst Leifer

curriculum vitae

1939 born in Altreichenau/Niederschlesien
1953-1960 Apprenticeship and work as a miner in Freiberg
1960/1961 Attending evening classes in Dresden
1961-1966 Studied at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste (HfBK) under Gerhard Kettner and Paul Michaelis
1968/1969 Postgraduate studies at the HfBK Dresden
1972 since then studio in Sanz near Greifswald
Friendship with Otto Niemeyer-Holstein
1988–1993 Teacher at the HfBK Dresden
1993 since moving to Sanz
2002 died in Sanz (Groß Kiesow)