Jörg Immendorf

Born: 1945 | Died: 2007

Painter and Designer

Jörg Immendorf was born in Bleckede near Lübeck in northern Germany near the Baltic Sea. He studied at the Art Academy in Düsseldorf (Kunstakademie Düsseldorf). He is one of Germany’s most famous contemporary artists, known in the US and around the world.

Even though Immendorf was expelled from the Art Academy for his political and neo-Dadaist actions, he would end up teaching at the academy in 1996. Immendorf’s work is heavily reminiscent of surrealism, and known for its use of heavy symbolism to convey political ideas. Immendorf was part of the German art movement “Neue Wilde” (New Wild). In his work „Café Deutschland,“ a series of sixteen large paintings symbolizes the former conflict between East and West Germany.

Immendorf was diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) in 1998. When the time came were he no longer could paint with his left hand, Immendorff switched to his right. Starting in 2006, he became wheelchair-bound and could no longer paint, so that assistants have to paint for him according to his instructions.

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