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Matthias Weischer
The artist Matthias Weischer, born in North Rhine-Westphalia, completed his studies in painting and graphic arts at the Leipzig Academy of Visual Arts (HGB) and graduated in 2000. Subsequently, he was a master student of Sighard Gille for three years. In 2002, he joined forces with ten other former students of the HGB to found the gallery Liga with Christian Ehrentraut at its head - resulting in the term "Neue Leipziger Schule".
After two successful, creative years that saw many exhibitions by the group of artists on the premises of the old cotton mill in Leipzig, the collaboration of the Liga ended, but Weischer's success story continued to gain momentum. He was represented by Judy Lybke and his gallery EIGEN+ART, who - a decade earlier - had already established Neo Rauch on the American art market. In 2004, Weischer was selected for the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative grant project alongside none other than David Hockney; reciprocal visits between the two artists followed, and Weischer got inspirations from his British role model.
