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Andreas Gursky | |
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 Gursky in 2013 | |
| Born | 15 January 1955 Leipzig, East Germany (now Germany) |
| Known for | Photography |
| Notable work | Rhein II |
| Movement | Düsseldorf School of Photography |
| Website | Official website |
Andreas Gursky (born 15 January 1955) is a German photographer and professor at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany.[1]
He is known for his large format architecture and landscape colour photographs, often using a high point of view. His works reach some of the highest prices in the art market among living photographers. His photograph Rhein II was sold at Christie's for $4,338,500 on 8 November 2011. At the time it was the most expensive photograph ever sold at auction.[2]
Gursky shares a studio with Laurenz Berges, Thomas Ruff and Axel Hütte on the Hansaallee, in Düsseldorf.[3] The building, a former electricity station, was transformed into an artists studio and living quarters, in 2001, by architects Herzog & de Meuron, of Tate Modern fame.[4] In 2010–11, the architects worked again on the building, designing a gallery in the basement.[5]
- ^ Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. "Prof. Andreas Gursky". Archived from the original on 8 July 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
- ^ "Sale 2480 / Lot 44". Christie's. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
- ^ Ruff, Thomas. "FiftyFifty Gallery, Biography of". Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
- ^ de Meuron, Herzog. "Project 172". Retrieved 15 July 2014.
- ^ de Meuron, Herzog. "Project 340". Retrieved 15 July 2014.