Paul Michaelis - Artist Info

About Paul Michaelis

  • Biography

    Paul Michaelis 1914 Weimar - 2005 ibid. Michaelis was a lecturer in painting at the Dresden Academy of Art from 1952. From 1959-64 he was director of the academy. His students included Klaus Drechsler and Erika John. Michaelis is considered a representative of socialist realism in an expressive form. He spent the last years of his life in Weimar and died in seclusion in a monastery.

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