10 Facts About Andreas Gursky

Andreas Gursky was born on 15 January 1955 and is a German photographer and professor at the Kunstakademie Dusseldorf, Germany.

Andreas Gursky is known for his large format architecture and landscape colour photographs, often using a high point of view.

Andreas Gursky's works reach some of the highest prices in the art market among living photographers.

Andreas Gursky's family relocated to West Germany, moving to Essen and then Dusseldorf by the end of 1957.

Andreas Gursky is said to have attended the university to hear Steinert, however Steinert died in 1978 and Andreas Gursky only got to attend a few of his lectures.

Between 1981 and 1987 at the Dusseldorf Art Academy, Andreas Gursky received critical training and influence from his teachers Hilla and Bernd Becher, a photographic team known for their distinctive, dispassionate method of systematically cataloging industrial machinery and architecture.

The perspective in many of Andreas Gursky's photographs is drawn from an elevated vantage point.

Andreas Gursky held the record for highest price paid at auction for a single photographic image from 2011 to 2022.

Andreas Gursky's work has been seen in international exhibitions, including the Internationale Foto-Triennale in Esslingen, the Venice Biennale, and the Biennale of Sydney.

Andreas Gursky's work is held, among others, in the following public collections:.