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LM Stefan Plenkers 1984

Stefan Plenkers

Painting, drawing, graphics

15. Mar 1. Jun

Opening hours
Tue – Fri: 14:00 – 18:00
Sat / Sun: 10:00 – 18:00
Admission
4 € per person | 2,50 € reduced
Friday from 14:00 free admission (except public holidays)

Free admission with the Dresden Pass and for children under 7, as well as other discounts

The Dresden artist Stefan Plenkers is known far beyond the borders of Saxony.  

As early as 1980, the renowned Dresden art historian Diether Schmidt described him as the “head of young Dresden graphic art and painting”. He has a long exhibition history with our house: he exhibited here as early as 1973, immediately after his studies at the HfBK Dresden, then again in 1986 and 1996.

His 80th birthday (on April 28, 2025) was an occasion for us to invite him to an honorary retrospective. Now, after his death, the exhibition will be a worthy reminder.

Prof. Matthias Flügge will speak at the opening on Friday, March 14, 2025.

Biographical information

1945 born in Ebern near Bamberg, grew up in Munich and Görlitz

1963-66 Apprenticeship as a typesetter in Görlitz, worked at the HfBK Leipzig

1967-72 Studied at the HfBK Dresden under H. Kunze, G. Kettner, G. Horlbeck

1975 Study trips to Central Asia

1980-82 Master student with Prof. G.Kettner

2024 died in Kreischa near Dresden

Works in public collections, among others:

Lindenau-Museum Altenburg, Stiftung Kunstforum Berliner Volksbank Berlin, Städtische Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, Brandenburgische Kunstsammlungen Cottbus, Gemäldegalerie Neue Meister Dresden, Kupferstichkabinett Dresden, Museum für Stadtgeschichte Dresden, Angermuseum Erfurt, Museum of Cultural History Görlitz, Museum of Fine Arts Leipzig, British Museum London, Art Collections Neubrandenburg, Ludwig Collection Oberhausen, Art Museum Oslo, Vatican Rome, Kunsthalle Schweinfurt, Museum of Fine Arts Sofia, Hermitage Museum St. Petersburg, Polish National Museum Szczecin