Klaus Rinke

Klaus Rinke (born 29 April 1939) is a German contemporary artist.

Born in Wattenscheid,[1] Rinke trained as a decorative artist and poster painter in Gelsenkirchen from 1954 to 1957.

[2][3] After studying painting from 1957 to 1960 at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen,[2] he maintained various studios in Paris and Reims from 1960 to 1964.

[5] Rinke was chairman of the Malkasten artists' association from 1993 to 1998, and has been an honorary member since 1998.

[6] In 2007, Rinke moved from Haan near Düsseldorf, where he had lived and worked for almost 30 years, to Neufelden in Austria.