Biografie

His wedding to Oda Jaune, a Bulgarian student more than 30 years his junior, became a media event (2000).

His daughter was born in August 2001.

Being a member of the German art movement "Neue Wilde" originally, his paintings were more surreal in his life's last decade.

German painter, sculptor, stage director and art professor.

Good friends with former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder. In January 2007, his portrait of Schröder was revealed and became part of the gallery in the Chancellor's Office.