Neo Rauch is a German artist whose paintings mine the intersection of his personal history with the politics of industrial alienation. His work reflects the influence of socialist realism, and owes a debt to Surrealists Giorgio de Chirico and René Magritte, although Rauch hesitates to align himself with surrealism. He studied at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig, and he lives in Markkleeberg near Leipzig, Germany and works as the principal artist of the New Leipzig School. The artist is represented by Galerie EIGEN + ART Leipzig/Berlin and David Zwirner, New York.
Rauch in Brühl, Germany, 2007
Exhibition at Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague, 2007
Rolf Dieter Lauter is a German art historian, curator and art advisor.
Curator‘s talk with Rolf Lauter at the exhibition Lucian Freud: Naked Portraits, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, October 2000. The photo shows Lauter in front of Lucian Freud‘s painting "Sleeping by the Lion Carpet" (1995-96, Oil on canvas, 256,5 x 143,5 cm, Private Collection, USA).
Mother Margarete Lauter 1967