The Düsseldorf Art Academy

The Düsseldorf Art Academy has trained painters, sculptors, set designers and architects for more than 200 years. Numerous artists of international stature have studied or taught there. Including more than 20 richly illustrated essays by current and former academics, as well as contributions by guest authors, this volume describes life and teaching at this important art academy. It contains interviews with Ernst Althoff, Anthony Cragg, Irmin Kamp, Konrad Klapheck, Markus Lüpertz, Gerhard Richter and Erich Reusch, and is accompanied by an extensive catalogue section in color.