Erich Kissing

Painting

Biography

1943

born on September 27 in Leipzig

1960-64

Apprenticeship as an offset retoucher at Meissner & Buch

1961-64

Attends the evening academy of the Leipzig Academy of Visual Arts under Rolf Kuhrt, Walter Münze and Karl Krug

1965-70

Studied applied graphics at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst under Werner Tübke, Wolfgang Mattheuer, Hans Mayer-Foreyt

1973

First personal exhibition in the Study Hall of the Graphic Collections of the Museum of Fine Arts Leipzig

1990

Second personal exhibition Cimpu lui Neag. Erich Kissing, photographs and drawings in the Lindenau Museum Altenburg

1993

Personal exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts Leipzig

1995-97

Works as a stage painter in the theater workshops of the Leipzig Opera
Over the years, numerous trips to Rügen, Hungary, the Caucasus and Romania

2010

Personal exhibition at the Panorama Museum Bad Frankenhausen

2018

Exhibition at the Kunsthalle Rostock Erich Kissing and Kerstin. Painter and model

2022

Exhibition at the Kunsthalle Jesuitenkirche Aschaffenburg Erich Kissing and Kerstin. Painter and model

lives and works in Leipzig

News

Burnt in – Kunsthalle Darmstadt

27. March 2025

From March 30 to June 29, 2025, the Kunsthalle Darmstadt, in collaboration with the Center for New Literature and the International Music...

“Erich Kissing and Kerstin. Painter and Model” in Aschaffenburg

6. August 2022

From August 6 to November 1, 2022, the Kunsthalle Jesuitenkirche Aschaffenburg is presenting a retrospective exhibition of the Leipzig...

Erich Kissing “A strong piece”

8. July 2020

Thomas Mayer writes in the Sportbuzzer about Erich Kissing's new painting "Ein Starkes Stück" (A Strong Piece), which he dedicates to the...

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