Heinz Plank
Heinz Plank, born 13 October 1945 in Bad Elster, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, is a German painter, draughtsman and graphic artist. He studied under Wolfgang Mattheuer and Werner Tübke at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig from 1967 to 1972. He is associated with the middle generation of the Leipzig School.
Heinz Plank
Heinz Plank · Heinz Plank: Beschwerliches Fliegen, Sehsam Verlag Erfurt 2002 · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Name
- Heinz Plank birth_date = 1945 10 13
- Birthplace
- Bad Elster, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony
- Education
- Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig
- Known for
- Painting Drawing, Graphic Art
- Born
- 1945 · Bad Elster.
- Died
- 2025
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- painter · graphic designer · exlibrist · artist · draftsperson
- Fields
- visual arts · painting · graphics · art of drawing
- Languages
- German
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His paintings use a mixture of traditional elements and modern abstraction. They have a recurring sense of bitterness and apocalypse.
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Heinz Plank · Uncoloured version in Heinz Plank: Beschwerliches Fliegen, Sehsam Verlag Erfurt 2002
Via dolorosa. Oil on fiberboard. Upload with permission of the author.
Heinz Plank · Heinz Plank: Lebenszeichen, Panorama-Museum Bad Frankenhausen 2007
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• Name — Heinz Plank birth_date = 1945 10 13 • Birthplace — Bad Elster, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony • Education — Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig • Known for — Painting Drawing, Graphic Art
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