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German painter, born in Dresden. He was born Ralf Winckler and took on his pseudonym in 1968, deriving the name from the geographer and Ice Age researcher Albrecht Penck (1858–1945), referring to his conception of art ‘as empirical science in the age of the Cold War’ (Gillen).
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Text Source: A Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Art (Oxford University Press)