Georg Herold - Artist Info

About Georg Herold

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    George Herold (b.1947)

    Georg Herold was born in Jena, Germany in 1947.

    In 1973, Herold was sent to jail for trying to leave East Germany. Financed by West Germany, he was released.

    Then Herold spent a brief time in Munich. In Hamburg, he studied under Sigmar Polke in the late 1970s. While in Hamburg, Herold became friends with Werner Büttner, Martin Kippenberger Albert Oehlen, and others.

    Since 1999, Herold has been a professorship at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. Herold lives in Cologne.

    Selected Exhibits Include:

    2012
    Georg Herold, Museum Brandhorst, München

    2011
    Georg Herold, Galerie Bärbel Grässlin, Frankfurt

    2010
    Georg Herold. an...

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