Markus Lüpertz Enter a
feeling, not
a gallery.
Choose a mood and the room itself answers — the light cools or warms, the air changes pace, and only the works that carry that feeling step forward from the dark. Everything else recedes into shadow.
Markus Lüpertz
Markus Lüpertz: A Life in Art Early Life and Education Born: 1941 in Reichenberg, Czechoslovakia (now Liberec, Czech Republic). Lüpertz’s family relocated to West Germany in 1948, settling in Rheydt. Early artistic endeavors were initially thwarted by dismissal from a painting apprenticeship and the bankruptcy of a commercial art teacher. He studied at the Werkkunstschule of Krefeld (1956-1961) with Laurens Goosens, supplement
ing his studies with manual labor like mining and road construction. A brief and tumultuous period at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf ended in expulsion due to conflicts with faculty. Early Career & Formation of a Style Following his studies, Lüpertz worked as a freelance artist, initially in Düsseldorf. A short stint in the French Foreign Legion ended with desertion before deployment to Algeria. In 1962, he moved to West Berli…
