Wolfgang Petrick - Artist Info

About Wolfgang Petrick

  • Biography

    Wolfgang Petrick was born in Berlin in 1939. He attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin from 1958-65 and graduated as a master student of Prof. Werner Volkert. In 1969 he was co-founder, among others with Markus Lüpertz, of the artists association ‘Großgörschen 35’.

    He was further honored with several awards, including the Gold Medal of the 3rd International Biennale della Grafica in Florence in 1972. In 1975 Petrick became professor at the University of the Arts in Berlin, in 1981 he became a member of the Academy of Arts Berlin. Wolfgang Petrick lives and works in Berlin and New York....

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