About the Artist Albrecht Gehse

Albrecht Gehse (born 19 January 1955 in Borsdorf near Leipzig) is regarded as one of the notable representatives of the Leipzig School. From 1976 to 1981, he studied at the Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig (Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst), where he was taught by, among others, Bernhard Heisig. Between 1987 and 1990, he continued his artistic training as Heisig's Meisterschüler (master student) at the Academy of Arts of the GDR.
Works by Albrecht Gehse are held in numerous public and private collections, including the German Federal Chancellery, the Museum Barberini in Potsdam, the Museum of Fine Arts Leipzig, and other major German museums and institutional collections.