Markus Lüpertz

German painter and sculptor
German, b. born 1941
Emigrated to Rheydt, Rheinland with his family in 1948. Studied at the Werkkunstschule Krefeld with Laurens Goosen in 1956 and thereafter worked variously as a coalminer and road builder. In 1962 he moved to Berlin and began a cycle of paintings, "Dithyrambischen Malerei." He wrote two manifestos in the 1960s based on these works. In the 1980s he produced stage designs, painted bronze sculptures, and monumental murals.