Andreas Gursky

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Andreas Gursky is a German photographer renowned for his large-scale, digitally manipulated images that depict contemporary life, architecture, and globalized landscapes with striking detail and precision.

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Andreas Gursky canonical 9

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
photographer
visual artist
artisticStyle color photography
digitally manipulated photography
large-scale photography
countryOfCitizenship Germany
dateOfBirth 1955-01-15
educatedAt Folkwang University of the Arts
Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
familyName Gursky
fieldOfWork contemporary art
digital photography
photography
genre architectural photography
documentary-style photography
landscape photography
givenName Andreas
hasWorkInCollection Centre Pompidou
Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen
Museum of Modern Art
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Tate Modern
knownFor depictions of architecture
depictions of contemporary life
depictions of globalized landscapes
highly detailed images
large-scale photographs
use of digital manipulation
languageOfWorkOrName German
movement contemporary art
postmodern art
name Andreas Gursky
nationality German
notableEvent Rhein II became the most expensive photograph sold at auction in 2011
notableWork 99 Cent
Chicago Board of Trade
Kamiokande
May Day IV
Paris, Montparnasse
linked to: Montparnasse

Rhein II
Shanghai
Tokyo
occupation artist
photographer
placeOfBirth East Germany
Leipzig
Saxony
residence Düsseldorf
sexOrGender male
studiedUnder Bernd Becher
Hilla Becher
workLocation Düsseldorf

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The Phillips Collection hasWorkBy Andreas Gursky
Andreas Gursky name Andreas Gursky
Markus Lüpertz notableStudent Andreas Gursky
Bernd and Hilla Becher influenced Andreas Gursky
Bernd and Hilla Becher notableStudent Andreas Gursky
Matthew Marks Gallery represents Andreas Gursky