Markus Lüpertz: A Life in Art Early Life and Education Born: 1941 in Reichenberg, Czechoslovakia (now Liberec, Czech Republic). Lüpertz’s family relocated to West Germany in 1948, settling in Rheydt. Early artistic endeavors were initially thwarted by dismissal from a painting apprenticeship and the bankruptcy of a commercial art teacher. He studied at the Werkkunstschule of Krefeld (1956-1961) with Laurens Goosens, supplementing his studies with manual labor like mining and road construction. A brief and tumultuous period at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf ended in expulsion due to…