Arno Rink

Arno Rink (26 September 1940 – 5 September 2017[1]) was a German painter. He was accepted to the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig (HGB) in 1962 and studied under Werner Tübke, Hans Mayer-Foreyt and Harry Blume. He is associated with the second generation of the Leipzig School, which paints in a German figurative tradition.

Rink started to teach at the HGB in 1979 and was its headmaster from 1987 to 1995.[2] He taught several prominent painters from the New Leipzig School, such as Neo Rauch, Tilo Baumgärtel, Michael Triegel, Tim Eitel, David Schnell and Christoph Ruckhäberle.[3][4]

References
  1. "Leipzig School artist Arno Rink dies, aged 76". Deutsche Welle. 6 September 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  2. Ruthe, Ingeborg (7 December 2003). "Arno Rink, Maler aus der Leipziger Schule der 'zweiten Generation', hat 33 Schüler. Alle stehen auf Figur. Und seine 'Ehemaligen' machen damit Furore". Berliner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  3. Rauterberg, Hanno (27 August 2015). "So malt man doch nicht mehr". Die Zeit (in German). Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  4. "Vater der Leipziger Schule: Arno Rink wird 75". Focus (in German). 25 September 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
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