Garden Behind the Spinnbahn, End of February (Gartenkolonie hinter der Spinnbahn, Ende Februar)

Gerhard Altenbourg was a German draftsman whose work emerged from a practice rooted in drawing as both intimate observation and formal experiment. Working primarily in pencil and ink, he developed a distinctive visual language that moved between figuration and abstraction, often incorporating gestural marks and layered compositions. Based in East Germany throughout his career, Altenbourg maintained an independent artistic vision despite the constraints of the Cold War era. His drawings reveal a deep engagement with line, texture, and the expressive potential of the paper surface itself.