Thomas Lange

1957 born in Berlin1976 studied painting at the Berlin Academy of the Arts under Prof. Wolfgang Petrick and Prof. Herbert Kaufmann1982 master student under Prof. Herbert Kaufmann1986 teaching position at the University of Marburg1988-1989 visiting professor at the Berlin Academy of the Arts2001/2002 lecturer for the summer academy “Swabian Art Summer” in the Irsee monastery near Kaufbeuren2003 realization of the altar triptych “Pietá and Resurrection” in St. Paul’s Cathedral in MünsterSince 2004 teaching positions at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera in Milan, the East Bavarian Technical University of Regensburg, the Bad Reichenhall Art Academy and the Kolbermoor Academy of Fine Arts, among others.Thomas Lange lives and works in Berlin and Torre Alfina (Italy).After completing his studies, he worked in the underground scene of what was then West Berlin in the second half of the 1970s. In the early 1980s, he developed a close relationship with the so-called "Young Wild Ones" who tried to put painting back at the center of art in a neo-expressionist style. From the very beginning, Lange avoided belonging to established tendencies in the art world. His work was devoted to idiosyncratic creations, in which he liked to set the scene against the backdrop of Italian visual culture (Masaccio, Masolino, Lippi) as well as portraits of people from his environment, whom he placed as emblematic figures in purely painterly contexts.To this day, his works are shown in numerous exhibitions not only in Germany, but also in Italy, France, Belgium and the USA.