About the Artist Neo Rauch

Neo Rauch (b. 1960 in Leipzig) is regarded as the best-known representative of the New Leipzig School. In an often melancholy, muted palette he shows figures in enigmatic, contradictory situations where the laws of space and time seem suspended — a visual language between Surrealism, realism and echoes of Pop Art. Rauch studied from 1981 under Arno Rink at the Academy of Fine Arts (HGB) in Leipzig and became a master student of Bernhard Heisig; in 2005 he was himself appointed professor there. His work is held in leading museums and significant collections worldwide. He lives and works in Leipzig.