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German painter
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14 February 1947(Halle (Saale), Germany)
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Biography
Introduction
Uwe Pfeifer (born 14 February 1947) is a German painter and graphic artist.
Life and achievement
Born in Halle, Pfeifer learnt window dressing after his Abitur. From 1968 to 1973 he studied at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig with Werner Tübke, Hans Mayer-Foreyt and Wolfgang Mattheuer. After his studies he returned to his hometown and got a teaching position for lithography at the art academy Burg Giebichenstein in 1975. In 1982 his work was presented in the DEFA documentary Stadtlandschaften.