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 |
