Gerhard Eichhorn (3 May 1927 – 15 December 2015[1]) was a German graphic artist, painter and draughtsman.
Born in Judenbach, Eichhorn attended the Fachschule für angewandte Kunst [de] in Sonneberg[2] in 1942/43 and from 1945 to 1947, graduating as a ceramic modeller.
He completed an Aspirantur with Hans Mayer-Foreyt [de] from 1955 to 1958, at the same time leading the evening class in nude drawing.
From 1964 to 1970, he was chairman of the Bezirk Leipzig of the Verband Bildender Künstler der DDR [de] and a member of the same from 1955 to 1990.
Influenced by Käthe Kollwitz, he created the graphic cycles: "From the Struggle of the Working Class" and "The German Peasant War".