Gerd Winner
Gerd Winner (8 October 1936 – 8 April 2026) was a German painter and sculptor. A graduate of the Berlin University of the Arts, he was particularly renowned for his large-format public artworks, which he often created alongside Chris Prater in London. In 2008, he unveiled an altarpiece at a parish in Bad Gandersheim.
Gerd Winner
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- Name
- Gerd Winner
- Born
- 8 October 1936
- Birthplace
- Braunschweig, Gau Southern Hanover-Brunswick, Germany
- Died
- 8 April 2026
- Place of death
- Liebenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany
- Occupation
- Painter Sculptor
- Education
- Berlin University of the Arts
- Nationality
- Germany
- Languages
- German
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Gerd Winner (8 October 1936 – 8 April 2026) was a German painter and sculptor. A graduate of the Berlin University of the Arts, he was particularly renowned for his large-format public artworks, which he often created alongside Chris Prater in London. In 2008, he unveiled an altarpiece at a parish in Bad Gandersheim.
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Biography
In 2011, he was named an honorary citizen of Liebenburg. Today, his works can be found at the Tate gallery in London. Winner died in Liebenburg on 8 April 2026, at the age of 89.
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• Name — Gerd Winner • Born — 8 October 1936 • Birthplace — Braunschweig, Gau Southern Hanover-Brunswick, Germany • Died — 8 April 2026 • Place of death — Liebenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany • Occupation — Painter Sculptor • Education — Berlin University of the Arts
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Gerd Winner is recorded as painter, university teacher, sculptor, printmaker and artist.
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Life and career
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1936
Gerd Winner was born in 1936 at Brunswick.
2026
Gerd Winner died in 2026 at Liebenburg.
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Brunswick.
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Liebenburg.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q1510913: Gerd Winner
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- “Gerd Winner”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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scholarly publication
- Winner, Gerd, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2011
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Literature
Literature
Winner, Gerd, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
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- 1.Gerd Winner: Herausragend als Künstler und Mensch. goslarsche.de.
- 2.Ulrich Schmalstieg. Nachruf Gerd Winner. 2026-04-13.
- 3.Michael Strauß. Gerd Winner ist mit 89 Jahren in Liebenburg gestorben. 2026-04-16.
- 4.Eckhard Schimpf: Aus der Welt zurück in die Heimat. In: Braunschweiger Zeitung. Ausgabe vom 18. April 2026.
- 5.Uta Catharina Sienel. Der Siebdruck und seine Druckträger: zur Materialität eines jungen Druckverfahrens. 2008. 978-3-8316-0824-9.
- 6.Monumentale Zärtlichkeit. Nachrichten. 2008-02-17.
- 7.Gerd Winner born 1936. Tate.
- 8.Gerd Winner, urban structures - New York. gerdwinner.de. 2008.
- 9.Gerd Winner. kuenstlerdatenbank.niedersachsen.de.
- 10.Liebenburg ernennt Winner zum Ehrenbürger. braunschweiger-zeitung.de. 2011-11-07.
- 11.Karl Arndt: Die bildenden Künste in Göttingen. In: Göttingen, Geschichte einer Universitätsstadt, Hrsg. Rudolf von Thadden, Günter J. Trittel, Bd. 3, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1999, ISBN 3-525-36198-X, S. 819–863, hier S. 856 f.
- 12.Franziska Wessel. Nach 40 Jahren Kunst am Bau. Feuerwache Göttingen: Wo sind die bunten Tore hin?. goettinger-tageblatt.de. 2023-12-01.
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scholarly publication
Winner, Gerd, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011Crossref registry
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q1510913: Gerd WinnerWikimedia Foundation
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