Arno Rink
Illustration — Arno Rink Arno Rink (26 September 1940 – 5 September 2017) 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.
Arno Rink
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- Born
- 1940 · Schlotheim.
- Died
- 2017 · Leipzig.
- Nationality
- Germany · German Democratic Republic
- Occupation
- painter · university teacher
- Education
- Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig
- Honours
- National Prize of East Germany
- Languages
- German
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Illustration — Arno Rink Arno Rink (26 September 1940 – 5 September 2017) 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.
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Rink started to teach at the HGB in 1979 and was its headmaster from 1987 to 1995. 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.
Arno Rink studied at Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig. Neo Rauch is recorded as having studied under Arno Rink. The recorded working language is German. Places of work recorded in the authority are Leipzig. Positions recorded include rector. Work by Arno Rink is recorded in the collections of Städel Museum, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden and Neue Nationalgalerie. Distinctions recorded are National Prize of East Germany.
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1940
Arno Rink was born on 26 September 1940.
2017
Arno Rink died on 5 September 2017.
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Schlotheim.
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- 1.Maler Arno Rink gestorben.
- 2.Hanno Rauterberg. Arno Rink: So malt man doch nicht mehr. 2015-08-29.
- 3.Martin Machowecz. Arno Rink: Meister der hocherotischen Zone - Interview mit Neo Rauch. Zeit Online. 2017-09-13.
- 4.Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden - Online Catalogue.
- 5.Recherche Staatliche Museen zu Berlin.
- 6.Digitale Sammlung der Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz.
- 7.SKD Online Collection.
- 8.Suchergebnisse - Kunsthalle der Sparkasse Leipzig.
- 9.Arno Rink.
- 10.Bildindex der Kunst & Architektur - Startseite Bildindex.
- 11.Ruth Pape, Erika Neumann (Bearbeitung): Bildende Kunst + Architektur. Katalog Teil 6, Ergänzung; Deutsche Bauakademie, Berlin, 1974, S. 123
- 12.Ruth Pape, Erika Neumann (Bearbeitung): Bildende Kunst + Architektur. Katalog Teil 6, Ergänzung; Deutsche Bauakademie, Berlin, 1974, S. 161/162
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Formation and teaching. Rink studied at Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style. Rink received National Prize of East Germany. Recorded as a citizen of German Democratic Republic. Recorded with the occupation university teacher.
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Städel Museum, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden and Neue Nationalgalerie
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