Being burried under a pile of books sometimes makes me loose relation to the outside world. So it even more shocked me to read not until today that famous painter Jörg Immendorf (61) had died last monday. Well, we all knew that he was really sick and that he was going to die more sooner than later. And so it happend nearly a week ago. I'm really sorry...
"Germany on Monday lost one of its most famous artists when Jörg Immendorff, 61, died at his home in Düsseldorf. He lost a long battle with the fatal neurodegenerative disorder known as Lou Gehrig's disease. The disease had progressed to such an extent in recent months that Immendorff could no longer move his arms and legs.
Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, whose portrait is one of Immendorf's best-known works, described the painter's death as a huge loss for the art world. "With Jörg Immendorff, we have lost one the greatest German painters -- one who attained a great international reputation," Schröder said. "He often accompanied me on my trips abroad as chancellor, and with his exhibitions he helped to establish Germany's reputation as a country of high culture."" [...] (spiegel)Credit: J. Immerndorff 1982 | Café Deutschland | Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, Jörg Immendorff in his wheelchair and Immendorff's wife Oda Jaune
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