Pfad
2003 · Oil on paper
100 3/8 x 78 3/8" (255 x 199 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Neo Rauch
1960
PaintingNew Leipzig SchoolSurrealismRealism
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None documented
3
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3
Works in Collection
69
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13
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0
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100%
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- • New Leipzig School
- • Surrealism
- • Realism
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Neo Rauch paints densely layered compositions that merge figuration with surrealist abstraction, populating his canvases with fragmented bodies, industrial forms, and ambiguous spatial ruptures. Based in Leipzig, his work synthesizes East German visual culture with modernist painterly traditions.
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New Leipzig School
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Joan Brossa
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Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig
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