Gerhard Altenbourg

Gerhard Altenbourg

curriculum vitae

1926 born in Rödichen-Schnepfetal with the birth name Gerhard Ströch
1929 relocation to Altenburg
1944-1945 soldier in the World War II
1946-1948 active as a writer and journalist, drawing lessons from Erich Dietz
1948-1950 student of Hans Hoffmann-Lederer at the Hochschule für Baukunst und Bildende Kunst Weimar
1959 participation in the documenta II in Kassel
1961 guest studio at the Art Academy in West Berlin, acquisition of some works by the Museum of Modern Art in New York
1962-1989 atelier in Altenburg, adopting the artist's name »Altenbourg«
1966 Burda-Preis for Graphic Design in Munich
1968 Will-Grohmann-Preis in West Berlin
1970 member of the Akademie der Künste, Berlin
1977 participation in the documenta 6 and membership of the »Life fellow of the International Biographical Association« in Cambridge
1980-1989 prohibited from exhibiting and exhibitions closed because of his opposition to the GDR's traditional views on art
1989 died in Meißen
1998 since then every two years the Lindenau-Museum in Altenbourg has awarded the Gerhard-Altenbourg-Preis