Arno Rink Explained

Arno Rink (26 September 1940 – 5 September 2017^[1]) was a German painter. He was accepted to the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig (HGB) in 1962 and studied under Werner Tübke, Hans Mayer-Foreyt and Harry Blume. He is associated with the second generation of the Leipzig School, which paints in a German figurative tradition.

Rink started to teach at the HGB in 1979 and was its headmaster from 1987 to 1995.^[2] He taught several prominent painters from the New Leipzig School, such as Neo Rauch, Tilo Baumgärtel, Michael Triegel, Tim Eitel, David Schnell and Christoph Ruckhäberle.^{[3] [4]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Leipzig School artist Arno Rink dies, aged 76. Deutsche Welle. 7 September 2017. 6 September 2017.
2. Web site: Ruthe. Ingeborg. 7 December 2003. Arno Rink, Maler aus der Leipziger Schule der 'zweiten Generation', hat 33 Schüler. Alle stehen auf Figur. Und seine 'Ehemaligen' machen damit Furore. German. Berliner Zeitung. 9 April 2017.
3. Web site: Rauterberg. Hanno. 27 August 2015. So malt man doch nicht mehr. German. Die Zeit. 9 April 2017.
4. Web site: 25 September 2015. Vater der Leipziger Schule: Arno Rink wird 75. German. Focus. 9 April 2017.